Law Enforcement

Community Awareness Campaign Internal Marketing Meeting to discuss the community awareness campaign.

Alignment meeting with IACP.

Met with site for TTA to help remove barriers and provide support and consultation.

Met with Scent Evidence K9 to discuss how their least restrictive device works and learn more about the Kevin and Avonte site-based grantees that they have as clients.

Email exchange to coordinate meetings for the Locative Technology Workgroup which will host the Locative Technology: Alzheimer's and Dementia Listening Session.

This free listening session is hosted by the Autism Society of America, theInternational Association of Chiefs ofPolice, and the Arc's National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability. This Listening Session on Locative Technology is for family caregivers, law enforcement,nonprofits, community organizations, and other service providers that provideddirect services to individuals withAlzheimer's and Dementia.

Outgoing State Drug Court Coordinator, Jeff Kushner, contacted Wellness Court Specialist Kristina Pacheco in late 2023 giving notice of his departure in 2024 and a request to partner with the incoming State Coordinator, Jake Lapke, for the 2024 Montana Treatment Court Conference on September 9-11, 2024 in Helena, Montana. Planning continued with Mr. Lapke and Ms. Pacheco and 2 TLPI, Montana-specific consultants; plus 1 additional TLPI consultant presented 4 Tribal sessions:
1. Culture in the Healing to Wellness Court; Kristina Pacheco, Sean Bear, Durand Bear Medicine

American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) through a partnership with the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR), in support of the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program, hosted a webinar to educate juvenile probation officers, and other stakeholders, on their role in preventing and reducing violence in K-12 school populations.

preliminary discussion around possible Detroit, MI law enforcement training

The NCJA Center for Justice Planning and Data Center, in collaboration with Connecticut’s SAA Office (OPM) and their Statistical Analysis Center, is spearheading the development of the state’s 2026 strategic plan. This initiative includes a robust statewide survey designed to engage public safety and community-based organizations, including law enforcement, rural organizations, victim services, and violence prevention programs.