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August 26, 2022
Podcast Series
Enhancing Conviction Integrity Through Forensics
Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and hosted by RTI International, this podcast series delivers forensic-based training through the Enhancing Conviction Integrity Through Forensics training series to help ensure that prosecutors and defense counsel trying violent crime cases, including cold cases and death penalty cases, have the knowledge and tools to effectively understand and present forensic evidence in court.
NW3C Webinar
Searching for the Digital Evidence in Your Physical Crime Scene (Part 2)
Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and hosted by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), this webinar will discuss digital footprints that can help you during your investigation. The webinar will discuss victim-based, suspect-based, and location-based ways of finding evidence, to include innovative ways of seeing a crime scene through different technologies. This webinar is designed for investigators, prosecutors, crime analysts, and others who generally investigate crimes. Part 2 will cover topics related to:
• Cellular technology and information
• Geofences
• Corroborating evidence
• Cellular tracking of vehicles
• Open-source intelligence (OSINT) and an advanced legal process
When: Thursday, September 8, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., ET
New Collection of Resources
School Shootings
Published in In Focus within the Homeland Security Digital Library, this collection of resources discusses various school shooting incidents. Materials include threat assessments—resources used to identify possible warning signs as well as common misinformation regarding school shootings. Also included in this In Focus is the CHDS School Shooting Safety Compendium, a website that contains various databases of school shooter information.
BJS Publications
Estimation Procedures for Crimes in the United States Based on NIBRS Data and NIBRS Estimation Summary
Published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, these two publications describe efforts to generate national estimates of crime known to law enforcement based on data reported to the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The first publication, Estimation Procedures for Crimes in the United States Based on NIBRS Data, describes the estimation process for crime statistics that will be published by the FBI, based solely on data submitted by state and local law enforcement agencies to NIBRS. It provides a basic background on general estimation and the use of confidence intervals around the estimates. The second publication, NIBRS Estimation Summary, highlights BJS and FBI-CJIS efforts to expand the number of law enforcement agencies reporting crime data to NIBRS, the growth in NIBRS reporting between 2016 and 2021, the wider range of offenses and crime characteristics measured by NIBRS, and the estimation techniques that will produce reliable estimates of crime.
VALOR Web Event
Thrive—Episode 11, The Strength of Resilience
Hosted by the VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Program (VALOR Program) and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this Web event discusses the importance of building resilience. Being resilient and eliminating stress does NOT necessarily mean you are not affected by the things you experience. To build resilience, you must experience hard and stressful times but come out of them with the fewest possible negative consequences. Join VALOR instructor Brandon Post and Robert Sobo, M.Ed., Psy.D., who is currently the director of the Professional Counseling Division/Employee Assistance Program with the Chicago, Illinois, Police Department, as they discuss building resilience and reducing your stress.
When: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., ET
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