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The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) recently published “Trust is the defining safety issue of our time,” an article that covers the impact of the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Program in neighborhoods across the United States.
As an accompaniment to the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA) Body-Worn Camera Toolkit, the Body-Worn Camera Podcast Series, which is now available on iTunes, provides insight from leaders in the body-worn camera field who share practical experience on research, implementation, and policy development. Throughout this series, you will hear presentations from civil rights groups, early adopters, and more from across the United States.
Impact Justice is a national innovation and research center based in Oakland, California and Washington, DC. Impact Justice is committed to reducing the number of people involved in our criminal justice system, improving conditions for those who remain incarcerated, providing meaningful opportunities for successful reentry, and attending to crime victims' needs.
RTI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world's most critical problems with science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach—one that integrates expertise across the social and laboratory sciences, engineering, and international development.
On Monday, September 28, Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates announced that the Department of Justice awarded more than $2 million in funding for the Smart Policing Initiative (SPI). SPI is a collaborative consortium composed of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), CNA, and over thirty local law enforcement agencies that are testing solutions to serious crime problems in their jurisdictions.
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.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) recently launched the National Criminal Intelligence Resource Center in collaboration with the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program, the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program, and the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) to expand officer safety event deconfliction coverage nationwide. Event deconfliction is the process of determining when law enforcement personnel are conducting an event in close proximity to one another at the same time.
Moderator: Karol V. Mason, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
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The Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) webinar, "Collaboration with Communities of Color", will take place on September 16, 2015 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. ET.
Please join the Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) on Wednesday, August 26 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. ET for the “Less Lethal Technologies in Law Enforcement” webinar. This webinar will describe devices/weapons classified as less-than-lethal used by law enforcement departments. The goal of this webinar is to provide a basic understanding of less lethal technologies and to enhance the knowledge of those who use such devices in the performance of their duties.
