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The NRTAC team will provide ongoing training and technical assistance support for the implementation and development of the Puerto Rico crime gun intelligence center.

The NRTAC team will provide ongoing training and technical assistance support for the implementation and development of the Vanderburgh County (IN) crime gun intelligence center.

The NRTAC staff hosted a virtual meeting over Zoom to deliver the CGIC recommendations to the Austin, Texas, CGIC—a non-grantee CGIC that requested a CGIC site assessment. Upon delivery of the recommendations, the Austin CGIC team was prepared to discuss implementation plans for each recommendation.

The NRTAC staff hosted a virtual meeting over Zoom to deliver the CGIC recommendations to the Vanderburgh County, Indiana, CGIC. Upon delivery of the recommendations, the Vanderburgh County CGIC team was prepared to discuss implementation plans for each recommendation.

The NRTAC team provided two onsite training sessions—one on firearms identification and one on interviewing suspects in a crime gun investigation—for investigators from law enforcement agencies throughout Connecticut. Subject matter experts Mark Kraft and Joshua May delivered the content. The training informed attendees how to identify a firearm for accurate trace results and how crime gun intelligence can be leveraged to effectively interview suspects in a crime gun investigation.

On October 20, 2024, a SLATT team member provided a SLATT Program Overview at the State and Local Criminal Intelligence Briefing hosted by BJA, on behalf of the Criminal Intelligence Coordination Council (CICC) and Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative, in Boston, Massachusetts. Approximately 52 CICC members attended the event.

Presentation at IACME regarding the use of body swabs on deceased individuals for DNA collections. Based on peer-reviewed journal article written by Angela Williamson (BJA) and Ashley Rodriguez (SAKI TTA).

On October 17–19, 2024, a member of the SLATT team attended the Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies (ASCIA) Fall Conference, hosted in Boston, Massachusetts. Approximately 200 ASCIA members attended the event and were provided with SLATT Program information, including half cards and a QR code that linked to the SLATT website and SLATT resources. In addition, on October 19–22, 2024, members of the SLATT team attended the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Annual Conference, also hosted in Boston, Massachusetts.

On October 17, 2024, members of the SLATT team and two SMEs provided virtual training to members of the Dane County (Ohio) Sheriff’s Office, Special Events Team.

Fund speakers (SMEs) for two onsite and in-person training events on October 2 and 9, 2024.