Justice Information Sharing

On July 21 2021, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Education, and the White House Domestic Policy Council, hosted the second webinar in the Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Webinar Series. During the webinar, titled “CVI Webinar Series Part 2: Place-based Approaches to CVI”, presenters discussed CVI efforts in the context of a place-based approach.

On July 20th, 2021, the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) partnered with the Bureau of Justice Assistance to host a pre-application webinar for the National Service Line for Incarcerated Victims of Sexual Abuse Initiative. The National Service Line for Incarcerated Victims of Sexual Abuse Initiative aims to identify if a National Sexual Abuse Service Line will effectively assist correctional facilities and agencies with complying with and achieving Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards.

The Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program, with support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, supports local, state, federal, and tribal criminal justice entities by offering various resources to enhance law enforcement efforts. For example, RISS helps facilitate cross-agency collaboration through the RISSLeads Investigative website. Through this platform, law enforcement officers can interact with one another across jurisdictions to share investigative leads, information, or other issues.

The National Center for School Safety (NCSS) is a Bureau of Justice Assistance Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program national training and technical assistance provider focused on improving school safety and preventing violence. NCSS aims to support STOP grantees and the nationwide school safety community as they work to address school safety challenges.

Prosecutors play an integral role to regularly collaborate with community organizations and members to protect the community and develop best practices to reduce victimization. To further support prosecutors in the pivotal role they play within communities across the nation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) offers various grant funding, training and technical assistance, and other resources to ensure that prosecutors are well equipped to serve their respective communities. These resources are outlined in BJA’s “Programs That Support Prosecutors” fact sheet.

The National Police Foundation, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, recently published a guidebook on Staying Healthy in the Fray: The Impact of Crowd Management on Officers in the Context of Civil Unrest. The guidebook aims to provide law enforcement personnel—frontline officers, mid-level supervisors, and law enforcement executives—a resource to use as law enforcement officers respond to mass demonstrations.

Webinar: Springtime SQLite Survival Series Part III - What the Hex is going on in this SQLite database?

SQLite is a self-contained, serverless database engine. It is found on nearly every operating system and dominates iOS, Android, and macOS as one of the most prevalent and relevant data storage mechanisms. Join Maggie Gaffney (Teel Tech) and Chris Atha (National White Collar Crime Center) for part three of a three-part Springtime SQLite Survival Series. Part III will tackle technical concepts such as decoding SQLite databases in hexadecimal and investigating blobs. This session will focus on leveraging Forensic Browser for SQLite to dive deeper into SQLite files.

Webinar: What is Human Trafficking and How Does It Relate to Money Laundering?

This webinar provides an overview of human trafficking and how traffickers exploit adults and children in the United States and around the world for financial gain, among other reasons. Topics include financial and behavioral indicators of labor and sex trafficking, in addition to case studies of the four typologies of money laundering in human trafficking.

Linguistic Forensic Science: A Primer For Cybercrime Investigators, Digital Forensic Examiners, and Prosecutors

This webinar will explain how language can be used as a forensic science tool, underlying research rigor, and acceptable application. It will familiarize participants with historical and emerging use in investigations and prosecutions, the potential relevance to online and digital evidence, and the basic legal considerations for appropriate use in litigation.

Webinar: Anti-Money Laundering Training in a Post Pandemic Era

Implementing a successful anti-money laundering training program is a challenge in a post-pandemic era. Combining the human element and technology is key to communicating the patterns of money laundering, terrorist financing, and national security threats to financial investigators and anti-money laundering compliance professionals.

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