Law Enforcement

    BJA Releases Body-Worn Camera Pilot Implementation Program FY 2015 Competitive Grant Announcement – Responses are due June 16

    May 04, 2015

    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for the FY 2015 Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Partnership Program. This competitive solicitation is for law enforcement agencies seeking to establish or enhance BWC Policy and Implementation Programs (PIP).

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    Join the Justice Clearinghouse Webinar – Outsourcing Property Crimes for DNA Analysis: An Eleven Year Perspective

    April 27, 2015

    Please join Justice Clearinghouse on April 29 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EDT for the “Outsourcing Property Crimes for DNA Analysis: An Eleven Year Perspective” webinar. The webinar will include information about DNA evidence from property crimes and how it can aid investigations across the country.

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    Outsourcing Property Crimes for DNA Analysis: An Eleven Year Perspective

    While the collection of DNA evidence from property crimes by law enforcement may be rare in most of the United States, rarer still is the processing of this evidence by a forensic DNA laboratory. Laboratory backlogs and a general lack of funding and resources all play in to the myriad of reasons why property crime analysis is not a top priority for all DNA laboratories.

    Check Out the New BJA Resource – Evaluation & Research Literature: The State of Knowledge on BJA-Funded Programs

    April 23, 2015

    The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has released a publication titled Evaluation & Research Literature: The State of Knowledge on BJA-Funded Programs. The purpose of this publication is to assess the state of knowledge as determined by data collection, research, and evaluations of and related to BJA-funded programs.

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    Sexual Assault on Campus

    According to one recent study, as many as one in five female college students will be sexually assaulted in the course of her undergraduate career. According to another statistic, for every 1,000 women attending a university, there are 35 incidents of rape each academic year. Perhaps more troublingly, less than 5% of completed or attempted rapes against college women are reported to law enforcement, and reported assailants receive little or no punishment from their schools’ judicial sytems.

    Join NCJA’s Webinar - Preparing to Return Home: Tribal and State Reentry Collaborations

    April 20, 2015

    Please join the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) on April 23 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. EDT for the “Preparing to Return Home: Tribal and State Reentry Collaborations” webinar. The webinar will explore two examples of how communities have collaborated to aid in the successful reentry of local tribal members.

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    Join NCJA’s Webinar – Internet Facilitated Sexual Offending

    April 16, 2015

    Please join the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) webinar, What Do We Know About Sexual Offending and Sex Offender Management and Treatment? Internet Facilitated Sexual Offending, on Monday, April 20 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT.

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    Check Out the National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – Drug-poisoning Deaths Involving Heroin: United States, 2000-2013

    April 13, 2015

    The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released a data brief providing a description of trends and demographics for heroin-related drug overdose deaths in the United States from 2000-2013. During this time period, the rate for drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin nearly quadrupled from 0.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2000 to 2.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2013, with most of the increase occurring after 2010.

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    Check Out the BJA Resource – Video Evidence: A Law Enforcement Guide to Resources and Best Practices

    April 09, 2015

    The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), in coordination with the Global Strategic Solutions Working Group, has released a resource titled, Video Evidence: A Law Enforcement Guide to Resources and Best Practices.

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    Join OJJDP for the Communities that Care: Building Trust and Preventing Crime Webinar

    April 06, 2015

    Please join the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) on April 8 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. EDT for the “Communities that Care: Building Trust and Preventing Crime” webinar. Jim Bueermann, President of the Police Foundation and former Chief of the Redlands (CA) Police Department, and Dr.

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