Published by the U.S. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, this report discusses the importance of developing privacy-preserving data sharing and analytics (PPDSA) methods and technologies in ways that drive innovation while providing privacy and security of the American people. PPDSA technologies refer to types of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) that make data sharing and analytics possible while removing personal information, minimizing personal data, or preventing unwelcome data processing. The Strategy addresses the current state of PPDSA technologies and key challenges before outlining strategic priorities and recommended actions that will set America on a path toward developing a data ecosystem that advances society and protects democratic values. The Strategy’s five priorities are to:

• Advance governance and responsible adoption
• Elevate and promote foundational and use-inspired research
• Accelerate translation to practice
• Build expertise and promote training and education
• Foster international collaboration on PPDSA

Hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse and the National Policing Institute, this webinar discusses incidents of targeted violence across the United States. Since the 2001 September 11 attacks, the United States has shifted from a repressive counterterrorism approach to one seeking to intervene before arrest, criminal prosecution, and detention become necessary.  Many approaches to prevention have been leveraged to reduce harm to communities, with a renewed emphasis placed on behavioral threat assessment. With behavioral threat assessment being used outside of school and law enforcement settings, there is a need to improve understanding of the approach among a broader community of violence-prevention practitioners. The National Policing Institute will provide an introduction to behavioral threat assessment and discuss potential opportunities for and limitations to this approach.

When: Thursday, May 11, 2023
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., ET

Hosted by the National Institute of Justice and the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, this webinar discusses touch DNA. The application of touch DNA in sexual assault cases was tested in 2011 when evidence was collected in a groping sexual assault case. The victim was unable to identify the assailant, but both short tandem repeat (STR) and Y-STR DNA profiles of the suspected assailant were found from touch DNA samples collected from the victim’s body and clothing. This unique case resulted in practice changes and further research in this U.S. Mountain West state. In this webinar: 

• Attendees will be able to discuss factors that impact the likelihood of developing probative touch DNA profiles in sexual assault cases.
• Attendees will understand best practices for evidence collection for touch DNA in sexual assault cases.
• Attendees will be able to apply current research findings on touch DNA in sexual assault cases to multidisciplinary practice recommendations.

When: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET 

Hosted by the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT), this workshop will discuss strategies to measure suicide in law enforcement and corrections occupations in the United States. This workshop will be virtual and feature methodologists, lessons learned from related data sets, and implications for stakeholders. After the workshop, proceedings of the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with the National Academies’ guidelines and shall be released to the public.

When: Tuesday–Wednesday, April 25–26, 2023
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., ET

Hosted by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), this podcast discusses how local efforts to establish alternative response models for certain nonviolent calls for service are more important than ever as a result of never-ending changes to the demands facing law enforcement, municipal funding levels, and public expectations.