The Bureau of Justice Assistance launched the Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Policy Implementation Program (PIP) in fiscal year 2015 to assist law enforcement agencies with the enhancement or implementation of BWC initiatives.
In order to achieve its mission to eliminate sexual abuse in confinement facilities nationwide, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Resource Center (PRC) provides extensive training and technical assistance (TTA) through support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Agencies and facilities with questions or in need of direct assistance can request a TTA provider through PRC's website.
The mission of the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program is to assist federal, state, local, and tribal criminal justice partners by providing adaptive solutions and services that facilitate information sharing, support criminal investigations, and promote officer safety. RISS, a Bureau of Justice Assistance partner, has been supporting the law enforcement and criminal justice communities for more than 40 years. RISS is composed of six regional centers and the RISS Technology Support Center.
Through the newly created National Consortium on Preventing Law Enforcement Suicide (the Consortium), a program of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's National Officer Safety Initiatives, the International Association of Chiefs of Police will lead a national conversation around the issues of officer mental health and suicide.
Since 1997, the Smaller Law Enforcement Agency Program, with support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, has been providing resources for the largest portion of the International Association of Chiefs of Police's membership, departments serving fewer than 50,000 residents. The program offers trainings, webinars, and other tools and resources to support these smaller law enforcement agencies.
With support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and in partnership with AEquitas and John Jay College of the City University of New York, the International Association of Chiefs of Police is working to increase the capabilities of BJA-funded Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Human Trafficking (HT) Task Forces and other communities combatting human trafficking by providing coordinated training and technical assistance (TTA).
The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) works closely with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and BJA's Innovative Prosecution Strategies (IPS) sites as the training and technical assistance partner supporting prosecutors' offices. APA, working directly with BJA, provides services to each site, including the following: hosting meetings, facilitating peer-to-peer exchanges of information, providing relevant subject matter expertise, delivering training programs, and producing reports.
The Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance (TCCLA) Program, supported by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, offers training and technical assistance to TCCLA grantees and sub-grantee legal aid organizations. TCCLA also provides training and technical assistance to Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Program Area 3 grantees and to any tribal program interested in practices featured on the Tribal Access to Justice Innovation website (www.tribaljustice.org).
The National Criminal Justice Association, with funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, offers training and technical assistance to state administering agencies to support strategic planning efforts and the implementation of evidence-based policies and practices. This training and technical assistance is designed to help states meet the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant requirement of a comprehensive statewide strategic plan.
In 2004, Congress authorized the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program through the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act. This $50-million grant program, administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, was created to help states, local government, and tribal organizations improve responses to people with mental illness who are involved with the criminal justice system.