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March 4, 2022
BJA Webinar Series
Forensic Grant Opportunities
Hosted by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), this webinar will outline more than $100 million in forensic science grant opportunities funded by BJA. BJA is the Department of Justice agency dedicated to supporting forensic sciences by funding states, units of local government, and other forensic service providers to increase capacity and efficiency, improve services, obtain the necessary resources to meet workload demands, and ultimately better serve justice.
When: Thursday,
March 10, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET
OJJDP Webinar
Capturing and Utilizing Social Media as Evidence
Hosted by the National District Attorneys Association and funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), this webinar will discuss the challenges that juvenile court prosecutors face getting social media evidence admitted at adjudication. Prosecutors will learn about different sources and methods for accessing digital evidence. Specifics will be taught on how to authenticate social media
evidence and how to deal with hearsay objections concerning social media.
When: Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m., ET
NPF Webinar
Officer Safety and Wellness in Rapidly Changing Times—What Does It Look Like for Officers, Their Families, and Agencies?
Hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse and funded by the National Police Foundation (NPF), this webinar will discuss the unforeseen challenges to communities, public safety officers, and first responders. COVID-19, political rhetoric and chaos, societal conflict and division, and attacks on the policing institution and individual officers and their families have created a challenging environment where stress, trauma, and physical risks to officer safety have increased exponentially. Maintaining officers’ overall health in this era requires innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. This webinar will highlight the impact of stress and trauma on police officers’ physical and mental health, discuss recent officer injuries and fatalities, and identify collaborative partnerships and available resources that can be instrumental in creating a holistic officer wellness program that will improve the lives of officers and their families.
When: Thursday, March 10, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., ET
New COSSAP Article
Applying Lessons Learned to the “New” Methamphetamine Crisis
Published by the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), this article discusses how methamphetamine has placed high demands on state and local police departments. Overdose fatalities in the United States involving methamphetamine and other psychostimulants (excluding cocaine) have nearly tripled between 2015 and 2019, and provisional data indicates that methamphetamine is now involved in at least one in every four drug overdose deaths. This article discusses how criminal justice professionals are applying lessons learned from well-established stimulant treatment programs to address this unfolding tragedy.
NW3C Webinar
Understanding the Dark Web
Hosted by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this webinar will examine the dark web, the channels used to institute private sales and exchanges, and criminal behavior. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of the dark web—criminality, anonymity, counterfeit products, child pornography, and human trafficking; learn the directory structures of the dark web, and learn dark web languages such as Tor and Tails and the lingo of this underworld. Training will include exploring dark web channels for content and finding the resources and specialized search engines for searching against dark web content. Field investigators will understand how to use Tor safely and effectively, while learning the vulnerabilities, and be able to conduct undercover online investigations on the dark web.
When: Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., ET
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