NTTAC TTAs

The Merced County Sheriff's Office requested support with certifying a training through its Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant from the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSSC). BJA NTTAC directed the requestor to communicate with its grant manager at BSSC.

The Baltimore PSP requested an assessment of their crime victim services capabilities and functions. Amy Durall, Kenton Kirby, Peter Pollard, and Heather Warnken were selected to fulfill this request and delivered a comprehensive final report in August 2021.

The Harris County, Texas Sheriff's Office as part of the Harris County, Texas National Public Safety Partnership Site (PSP) requested a crime analysis and technology assessment. IDEA Analytics was selected to fulfill the request and conducted the assessments through one onsite visit and virtual interviews to collect information, meet with stakeholders, and deliver recommendations. The crime analysis and technology assessments occurred in February 2021. IDEA Analytics delivered a final report to Harris County PSP in August 2021.

The Miami, Florida National Public Safety Partnership Site requested a meeting to debrief the final report from the Real Time Crime Center Strategic Crimefighting Assistance. Commander Dennis Kato, Meraki, and Justice & Security Strategies were selected to fulfill this request and held a debrief meeting in October 2020.

The State Attorney's Office, 4th Judicial Circuit Court is requesting technical assistance from Prosecutor’s Center for Excellence (PCE) to assist with the implementation of its BWC policy from April 2018. The SAO seeks to build on this work with additional TTA and consulting from PCE in the following areas: its internal BWC policy; its BWC policy related to officer-involved shootings; violence in the community. BJA NTTAC referred this request to CNA.

The Baton Rouge, Louisiana Police Department, as part of the Baton Rouge National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) site, requested training support from Environmental Systems Research Institute. Baton Rouge PD is seeking an increased knowledge base regarding the Esri/PSCOP interface. The Baton Rouge PD's PSCOP platform took a major hit in the form of a software update bug and suffered catastrophic system-wide errors and failures in loading the data. BJA NTTAS has referred this request to CNA.

To assess the Baltimore Police Department’s crime analysis capacity and processes, along with identifying areas of analytical gaps and needs. The Baltimore Police Department expects to receive feedback, recommendations and nationwide best practices related to their capability to analyze crime data.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance requested funding for registration and books for the International Association of Crime Analysts online training courses. BJA NTTAC provided funding support to the Memphis, Tennessee Metropolitan Police Department and the Nashville, Tennessee Police Department to attend the IACA online training courses starting in October 2020 and ending in December, 2020.

Cumberland County, North Carolina Criminal Justice Advisory Group/Coordinating Council requested assistance with program planning and implemention. The requestor withdrew the request.

The Scarborough PD requested sessions for Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) trainings to assist them in implementing a LEAD model. The LEAD National Support Bureau was selected to fulfill the request and provided virtual training on best practices to the operations workgroup, case managers, and police officers from March- June 2021.