Focus/Advisory Group Working Session

On July 18, 2024, the BJA senior policy advisor and the SLATT Program team hosted a virtual advisory board meeting in which five of the six board members participated. The meeting began with program updates related to curriculum, development, training deliveries, and webinars. All participants engaged in a roundtable discussion in which advisory board members offered positive feedback on SLATT courses and lessons, with emphasis on the recently developed “First Amendment Protection and Best Practices for Constitutionally Protected Events” online eLearning course.

The goal of these roundtables is to identify challenges and priorities of these stakeholder groups and identify inconsistencies in practices, resources, and treatment across the state.

The goal of these roundtables is to identify challenges and priorities of these stakeholder groups and identify inconsistencies in practices, resources, and treatment across the state.

The goal of these roundtables is to identify challenges and priorities of these stakeholder groups and identify inconsistencies in practices, resources, and treatment across the state.

In April, the team held a remote regional focus group. The goal of this focus group was to glean qualitative themes from this region of New Mexico and determine the resource needs of this area

In April, the team held a remote regional focus group. The goal of this focus group was to glean qualitative themes from this region of New Mexico and determine the resource needs of this area

In March, the team traveled to Las Cruces to hold another regional focus group. The goal of this focus group was to glean qualitative themes from this region of New Mexico and determine the resource needs of this area

The team traveled to Taos, NM to hold a regional focus group of criminal justice partners in Taos County (8th Judicial District). The goal of this focus group was to glean qualitative themes from this region of New Mexico and determine the resource needs of this area.

JSS convened over 20 Advisory Board meetings with existing members and added additional experts from the research field and prosecution field. The Advisory Board assisted JSS with policy guidance and undertook three main projects during this reporting period – 1) the creation of a policy guideline for Tribal law enforcement agencies; 2) continued one-on-one outreach to build collaborations with tribal police agencies and their chiefs; and 3) the completion and dissemination of videos to explain BWCs and law enforcement.

The Hate Crimes TTA team held a kickoff call with the South Asian Network (SAN). The purpose of the call was to build rapport with site representatives, learn about SAN’s Community-based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate crimes project activities, identify any challenges and emerging issues, and begin to scope out the site’s TTA needs.