On Thursday, September 10, Vice President Biden and Attorney General Lynch announced the grantees who will receive funds for the fiscal year 2015 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI). This initiative will allocate $41 million to support 20 law enforcement organizations to test thousands of previously unsubmitted SAKs and improve organizations’ responses to sexual assault crimes. Additionally, the SAKI funding will go towards the launch of a national training and technical assistance (TTA) program.
Please join the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) on Friday, September 18 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. ET for the “Strengthening Law Enforcement-Community Relations” seminar. This seminar is part of NIJ’s Research for the Real World seminar series where forward-looking figures in the law enforcement community discuss their contributions to the Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety.
Please join Justice Clearinghouse on Thursday, September 3 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET for the “ABCs of Tactical Emergency Medical Support: Part 2” webinar. This webinar will cover the basics of tactical emergency medical support (TEMS). TEMS is a current hot topic and is relevant to law enforcement, fire and emergency medical support. The webinar will address the development of integrated medical support in law enforcement operations and the recent genesis of the Rescue Task Force.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) is excited to release the Summer 2015 edition of the BJA Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Provider Directory. Each profile in the BJA TTA Provider Directory contains a brief description of a provider organization and its specific program areas, current BJA-funded projects, and contact information.
Please join the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) on Wednesday, August 26 from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET for the three-hour live-streaming broadcast, “Veterans Treatment Courts: A Second Chance for Vets Who Have Lost Their Way.” The live broadcast on justice-involved veterans will highlight the lifesaving role being fulfilled by veterans treatment courts (VTC) across the country.