Law Enforcement

The Detroit, Michigan Violence Reduction Network Site (VRN) site requested continued support for the Michigan State University (MSU) School of Criminal Justice, Crime Analysis Field Placement Program. MSU student analysts were placed in the Detroit Police Department (PD) Gang Intelligence Unit, Detroit PD and Michigan Department of Corrections Gang Intelligence Unit, Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Detroit Public Schools Police.

The West Memphis, Arkansas Police Department, as part of the West Memphis Violence Reduction Network (VRN) site, requested integration of their current Records Management System (RMS) and Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system with the Relativity Case Management and Probable Cause generator modules. Relativity, Inc. was selected as the provider for this engagement and conducted five site visits from January to March, 2017 to install and customize the new modules and train West Memphis PD on their use. Relativity delivered the final report in March 2017.

The Little Rock, Arkansas Violence Reduction Network (VRN) site requested travel support for two individuals to attend the 26th Annual Problem-Oriented Policing Conference. BJA NTTAC provided travel support for two individuals to travel to the conference that took place October 24 – 26, 2016 in Tempe, Arizona.

Detective Jason Rarey from the Gainesville, Florida Police Department requested information on online procedural justice training resources. BJA NTTAC provided the requestor with a list of resources on procedural justice.

The Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police requested training on grant writing and the federal grant procurement process. Mark Fero and Albert Stokes were selected to fulfill the request and delivered a training on finding grant funding sources, identifying regional issues, creating a budget, writing a winning application, and engaging in effective grant management practices, to 29 law enforcement personnel, grants staff, and crime and intel analysts on June 12 - 13, 2017 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department (PD) requested two Blue Courage: The Heart and Mind of the Guardian trainings and one Blue Courage Academy. Blue Courage, Inc. was selected to fulfill the request and provided the two two-day trainings on April 12 - 13, 2017 and May 4 - 5, 2017, to 62 law enforcement personnel, and the four-day academy on June 6 - 9, 2017 to 20 law enforcement personnel in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office, as a part of the Oakland/Richmond Violence Reduction Network (VRN) site, requested a Blue Courage Academy. Blue Courage, Inc. provided a two-day Blue Courage course, two-day Train the Trainer, and one-day of technical assistance to 23 law enforcement officers from the Alameda County Sheriff's Office and two other local agencies from November 14 - 18, 2016 in Richmond, California.

The Compton, California Violence Reduction Network (VRN) site requested training in the grant procurement and application process. Albert Stokes and Mark Fero were selected to fulfill the request and provided Grants 101 training to personnel from the Compton VRN site on January 27, 2017 in Compton, California.

The Ferguson, Missouri Police Department (PD) requested dialogue sessions with all Ferguson PD personnel and two Blue Courage: The Heart and Mind of the Guardian training courses. Blue Courage, Inc. was selected to fulfill the request and delivered the dialogue sessions on June 22 - 23, 2017 and the two two-day trainings to 28 Ferguson PD personnel on June 26 - 27, 2017 and June 28 - 29, 2017 in Ferguson, Missouri.

The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services requested training on behalf of the Newburgh, New York Police Department (PD) in investigating and clearing non-fatal shooting incidents. John Skaggs was selected to fulfill the request and provided the Non-Fatal Shooting Investigations training to the Newburgh Police Department (PD) and the Orange County District Attorney's Office from June 12 - 14, 2017 in Newburgh, New York.