Law Enforcement

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.

On August 26th, 2015 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. ET, the Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) will present a webinar titled “Less Lethal Technologies for Law Enforcement.” This webinar will be presented by Mr. Charles Stephenson, SPI Subject Matter Expert. This webinar will describe devices/weapons classified as less-than-lethal used by law enforcement departments. Mr. Stephenson will provide a brief introduction to less lethal technologies along with notes on the effectiveness of several devices in use today.

Research has shown that the majority of people, youth and adults, engage with some type of social media. While social media has many positive uses, it can also be misused and abused by criminals in many crimes, particularly in cases of stalking and dating/domestic violence.