On May 17, 2022, the Department of Justice kicked off a two-day national summit on reducing violence and strengthening communities.  The summit convenes more than 500 prosecutors, federal and local law enforcement officials, and community partners working under the auspices of Project Safe Neighborhoods and the National Public Safety Partnership, two Department-led initiatives that balance enforcement efforts with community engagement.

Hosted by the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Training and Technical Assistance (SAKI TTA Program) and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this webinar presented by Dr. Rebecca Campbell, professor of psychology with Michigan State University, will provide attendees with an understanding of the impact of vicarious trauma on practitioners working violent crimes. Dr. Campbell will discuss techniques to help prevent or reverse the effects of vicarious trauma and burnout to promote sustainability and staff retention. The webinar is open to SAKI grantees as well as other BJA grantees and will be hosted on Zoom.

When: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., ET

Published by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), this report discusses firearms commerce and trafficking. This volume presents and analyzes data collected by ATF and other federal agencies related to the manufacture, exportation, and importation of firearms.  Between 2000 and 2020, the number of Gun Control Act (GCA) firearms and National Firearms Act (NFA) weapons that were domestically manufactured, exported by U.S. manufacturers, or imported into the United States increased by 187 percent, 240 percent, and 350 percent, respectively. This data illustrates the flow of new firearms into the domestic market over time, which can help document trends and patterns in commerce.  Firearm commerce trends highlighted in this report include the pistol's status as the dominant firearm type manufactured and imported into the United States over the last decade as well as an increase of 24,080 percent in annual manufacturing of short-barreled rifles in the period from 2000 to 2020. This volume analyzes technological developments that have occurred in the past 20 years.  One of the most significant developments affecting lawful firearm commerce and law enforcement's ability to reduce illegal access to guns in this period has been the proliferation of privately made firearms (PMFs).

Hosted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), this podcast discusses the FBI’s Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted Data Collection, which leverages data to help law enforcement officers protect themselves from becoming statistics. 

In response to the recent hate crime tragedies across the country, the National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) has curated a collection of resources that address hate crimes from a variety of law enforcement perspectives.  The PSP toolkits were created from the PSP clearinghouse resources.  The Clearinghouse was developed in 2017, as part of PSP, and functions as an online catalog for users to browse, search, and ultimately build a custom toolkit of resources that can be downloaded in one package and shared with others for future access.