Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council

April 19, 2024

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VALOR Workshop

VALOR Virtual Mid-Level Leadership Workshop

Hosted by the VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Program (VALOR), this workshop was designed to inspire mid-level law enforcement leaders to advance officer safety and wellness strategies within their own agencies and implement organizational changes. This workshop will:

Address leadership strategies.
Consider causes of officer assaults, injuries, and deaths.
Explore critical officer wellness issues.
Examine protocols and best practices.
Discuss setting a safety precedent and accountability.
Illustrate actionable opportunities to increase safety and wellness.

Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., ET

Register for the Workshop

NW3C Webinar

NDCAC Resources for Law Enforcement in the Digital Age

Hosted by the Department of Justice’s National Domestic Communications Assistance Center (NDCAC), in collaboration with the National Center for White Collar Crime (NW3C), this webinar will introduce attendees to the many resources available through the NDCAC, including technical solutions, training, investigative tools (social media search warrant parsers and open-source searches), and analytics.

This webinar is live only and will not be available on demand.

Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET

Register for the Webinar

NIJ Article

Examining Financial Fraud Against Older Adults

Written by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), this article presents findings from a nationally representative sample of persons ages 60 or older who experienced personal financial fraud. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Supplemental Fraud Survey (SFS) aims to address the need for nationally representative estimates of fraud, both reported and not reported to the police. In addition, the SFS reveals that the demographic profile of financial fraud victims ages 60 or older differs from the profile of fraud victims ages 18 or older.

Resource Link

CSG Report

50 States, 1 Goal: Examining State-Level Recidivism Trends in the Second Chance Act Era

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and published by the Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG), in collaboration with the National Reentry Resource Center, this report highlights the progress made in reducing recidivism across the country over the past 15 years. Since its passage in 2008, the Second Chance Act has invested in state and local efforts to improve outcomes for people leaving prison and jail, with a total of nearly 1,200 grantees from 48 states and 3 territories administering programs that have served more than 400,000 people.

Read the Full Report

NPI Brief

The Role of Law Enforcement Culture in Officer Safety During Driving and Roadway Operations

Released by the National Policing Institute (NPI), this brief is intended to provide law enforcement leaders with guidance on addressing organizational culture that may currently run counter to roadway safety best practices. As agencies seek to mitigate the risk factors for officer-involved collisions and struck-by incidents and work to develop a culture of roadway safety, leaders and officers should look to the National Law Enforcement Roadway Safety Program (NLERSP) for support and guidance on actionable steps that can be taken.

Read the Brief

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