On June 30, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the opening of the application period for federally recognized tribes and intertribal consortia to participate in the Tribal Access Program (TAP) for National Crime Information, which provides federally recognized tribes with the ability to access and exchange data with national crime information databases for authorized criminal justice and noncriminal justice purposes.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance, with the support of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative and the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council, developed these First Amendment training videos to help law enforcement personnel prepare for and respond to a First Amendment-protected event in a manner that diligently protects the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of persons and groups. To increase awareness and improve the understanding of procedures to follow when encountering individuals associated with First Amendment-Protected Events, the Michigan State Police successfully assigned this training to all law enforcement members. As of July 8, 2022, 1,505 training completion certificates had been earned by the Michigan State Police.

The Responding to First Amendment-Protected Events—The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement Officers videos included in this training are designed to assist law enforcement personnel in: 

• Understanding their roles and responsibilities as they prepare for and respond to a First Amendment-protected event. 
• Protecting the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of persons and groups participating in a First Amendment-protected event. 
• Reinforcing fundamental concepts learned at law enforcement training academies and during in-service programs. 

Hosted by the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) and RTI International and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this webinar will: 

• Provide some understanding of why distributing naloxone to returning citizens is important.
• Describe the barriers to and facilitators of the distribution of naloxone through vending machines.
• Give insight into multiple federal funding sources being used to purchase vending machines and the various types of products that communities are distributing.

When: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., ET

Published by the RAND Corporation, this report discusses a contingency planning implementation (how-to) guide, including a contingency plan (CONPLAN) template, that U.S. National Critical Functions (NCF) stakeholders could use to develop NCF-specific CONPLANs to guide their responses to and efforts to mitigate the impacts of a significant cyber incident affecting their NCFs.  This plan was developed by the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) at the request of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Summarizing key elements of the companion how-to guide, this report is intended to inform leadership and managers in NCF stakeholder organizations across government and the private sector on the purpose, components, and processes for developing an actionable CONPLAN.  This report provides an overview of contingency planning for a significant cyber incident, focusing on the importance of planning, the process of developing a plan, and options for operationalizing a plan.  It summarizes the major concepts that are explored in detail in the separate how-to guide.

Published by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, this report provides the most recent national indicators on school crime and safety.  The information presented in this report serves as a reference for policymakers and practitioners to help them develop effective programs and policies aimed at violence and school crime prevention.  This report covers a variety of topics on school crime and safety. It first examines different types of student victimization, including violent deaths and school shootings, nonfatal criminal victimization, and bullying victimization.  Then, the report presents data on measures of school conditions—such as discipline problems, gangs, hate-related speech, possession of weapons, and use and availability of illegal drugs—as well as data that reflect students’ perceptions about their personal safety at school.  This report wraps up the discussion on crime and safety issues at the elementary and secondary levels by examining the percentages of teachers who reported having been threatened or attacked by their students.