Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council

Published by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), this report is the first in-depth report in 20 years to examine firearm trafficking. Firearm trafficking is what happens when guns are purposefully put into the illegal market. The report shows that in almost 60% of cases, the recipients of trafficked firearms were people who had previously been convicted of a felony. Trafficked guns were used to commit additional crimes in almost 25% of the cases. People who got guns through unlicensed dealers bought 20 weapons on average. The ATF also investigated 3,400 unlicensed dealers during the 5 years documented in the report.

Hosted by the National Policing Institute (NPI), this webinar will inform attendees about the benefits of effective incorporation of law enforcement-based victim services. The effective incorporation of law enforcement-based victim services depends upon a clear understanding of jurisdiction-specific statutes related to the role of victim services personnel. Documentation of interactions with victims and co-victims is a professional responsibility that can lead to comprehensive services and resource connections. Shared access to this documentation can also support compliance with victims’ rights, ongoing engagement, and enhanced investigations.

This webinar is designed to help participants better understand the following:

• Brady disclosure obligations
• Spontaneous disclosures by victims and co-victims
• Victim services personnel documentation practices

Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m., ET

Released by the Integrated Justice Information Systems (IJIS) Institute (IJIS), the new podcast series titled “IJIS Sounds of Safety” will inform the IJIS’ Collaboration Network about critical issues within the justice, public safety, critical infrastructure, and health and human services domains. The podcast will spotlight the many collaborations between IJIS’ public and private sector partners and members. The series will have a range of intriguing topics, all touching on data sharing within the public sector. This podcast will spotlight different programs and publications from the criminal justice community. The first episode features the IJIS Cybersecurity Working Group and is hosted by Larry Zorio, the chair of the Working Group, and Working Group member Jeramy Cooper-Leavitt. They explain what cybersecurity frameworks are and why they are so important for agencies to understand; they also suggest the framework that they believe most companies should use to heighten their overall security environments. Future episodes will include cybersecurity and the importance of governance; looking into the history, value, and future of programs such as N-Dex from the perspective of practitioners; unpacking the advantages and disadvantages of using cloud-based services in the courts system; and many other topics.

Published by the Center for Naval Analyses’ (CNA) Center for Justice Research and Innovation, this report includes data collected by First H.E.L.P. on law enforcement and correctional officer deaths by suicide. First H.E.L.P.’s efforts represent a notable stride toward comprehensively collecting reliable and valid data on the challenging issue of law enforcement deaths by suicide, marking one of the most extensive efforts undertaken in this area. This research brief presents analyses of the 1,287 deaths by suicide of law enforcement and correctional officers from 2016 to 2022, offering descriptive information categorized by year of occurrence, agency details, geographic location, demographic attributes, position specifics, help-seeking behaviors, life challenges that persons encountered before their deaths, and details about the death events.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) recently released the National Public Safety Partnership’s (PSP) Virtual Academy course titled “Three Dimensions of Constitutional Policing.” This online course uses the three dimensions of constitutional policing—the law, the policing profession, and the community—to describe how law enforcement agencies and professionals should make decisions, develop crime-fighting strategies, and produce sustainable results for the benefit of the communities they serve. At its core, constitutional policing provides a framework to help agencies and law enforcement professionals operate in a manner that is consistent with our constitutional principles, democratic values, and community expectations. The free course is open to all sworn law enforcement officers and is nationally certified by the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training.