Discover powerful resources to strengthen rural communities! Join the Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative (RVCRI) team on November 21, 2024, at 2:00 pm ET for a valuable webinar on available funding, training, and specialized support to help rural law enforcement agencies strengthen their capabilities.
Given the variety of behavioral challenges that can occur in a school environment, it is essential for school resource officers, security personnel, and school staff to possess strong de-escalation skills. These abilities are crucial for preventing situations from escalating and for responding effectively to the unique needs of each student. Through effective de-escalation, stakeholders can improve student safety, maintain a positive learning environment, enhance trust between officers and students, and reduce student involvement in the juvenile justice system.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), in partnership with RTI International are excited to announce a 2024 Trauma Informed Victim Interviewing Training, supported by Grant No. 2019-MU-BX-K011. This event will be hosted at RTI International's campus in Research Triangle Park, NC on September 4th and 5th. Additionally, the FBI ViCAP team will provide a full-day hands-on training on September 6th.
Secondary trauma and victimization aka vicarious victimization isn’t foreign to prosecutors, advocates and staff members. Those feelings of stress, burn out, physical and emotional exhaustion, can and do happen, and often with what seems to be no warning. It’s time to tackle the reality of vicarious victimization with information that will assist in identification, provide tools to help get one through, and ways to build support within agencies.
The conference program provides training for all government attorneys involved in prosecuting capital cases: including trial, appellate, post-conviction, and habeas prosecutors. We have something for beginning prosecutors to seasoned veterans.
On Thursday, July 18, at 2:00pm ET, the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA’s) Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative (RVCRI) is hosting a webinar on crime analysis best practices, lessons learned, and available crime data.
Attendees will hear from Jessica Herbert, Founder and CEO of IDEA Analytics and former law enforcement, the Bureau of Justice Assistance Crime Analyst in Residence Program, and the Justice Counts Program. During the event, attendees will:
In recent years, communities across the country have experienced substantial increases in gun violence. While some cities have made progress in reducing these crimes, pressing concerns remain for residents, community and business leaders, law enforcement and city officials, prosecutors, public health providers, and more. In response to these concerns, the United States Department of Justice launched the Violent Crime Reduction Roadmap (Roadmap).
An essential role of school resource officers and other school-based security professionals is providing a safe and secure environment that promotes student success. A fundamental principle in providing for this safety is developing positive student-officer engagement aimed at building relationships that support school safety through prevention and intervention, thereby reducing the need for criminal enforcement action.
On March 27, 2023, the nation suffered a mass shooting at The Covenant School, a parochial school in Nashville, Tennessee. In the incident, three children and three adults were killed by a single armed suspect, who was also killed in the response by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD).
It can often be difficult to link people to the housing resources they need during periods of homelessness and housing insecurity. Homeless Outreach Teams (HOTs) are one approach to connect people to tailored housing and wraparound services in the community, rather than using emergency departments to provide crisis intervention with limited capacity for follow-up.