Published by the Office for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), this report provides brief case studies of 13 U.S. law enforcement agencies, large and small, which have successfully managed changes in their policies, practices, and goals.  Each case study considers the actions of leadership in light of principles of change management such as strategic clarity, stakeholder engagement, and performance measurement.  Insights are included from a September 2022 roundtable of executives from some of the agencies profiled.

Hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse and the National Policing Institute, this webinar focuses on organizational stress that officers experience. Organizational stress generally refers to the organizational context in which officers work and is differentiated from operational stress (occupational dangers and exposure to risk).  Examples of organizational stressors in policing and corrections include bureaucratic red tape, work schedules, workload, disciplinary culture, lack of internal procedural justice, and lack of support by supervisors. Increasingly, the research evidence indicates that organizational stressors may pose far greater consequences to officer health and wellness than operational ones.

In this webinar, we will discuss:

• the extant research on police and correctional officers’ stress.
• organizational stressors unique to law enforcement and corrections organizations.
• impacts on officer health and wellness.
• mitigating factors as well as strategies that individual officers and their organizations can employ to reduce the harmful effects of organizational stress.

When: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m., ET

Published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), this article focuses on the outcomes of the FBI initiative to support women and children in indigenous communities. The operation detailed 40 special agents, intelligence analysts, staff operational specialists, and victim specialists to ten FBI field offices whose designated regions support women and children in Indigenous communities.  During the resource surge, investigators handled over 220 cases.

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and hosted by the National Law Enforcement Roadway Safety Program (NLERSP), this training is a no-cost, eight-hour course that will discuss best practices and tactics to improve your safety during traffic stops, emergency response driving, all-weather driving, and roadway operations while outside your vehicle

When:  Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Time:  9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., ET

Hosted by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), this podcast will discuss how NIJ provided support that helped lead to the arrest of Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo.  In the aftermath of the arrest, NIJ social science analyst Eric Martin was among those tasked with finding other cases NIJ helped law enforcement solve.  Eric joins the show to talk about some of those cases and answer some broader questions about serial killers:  What is a serial killer?  Are serial killers on the rise?  How do we know how many serial killers are currently active?