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Overview: Employees are the biggest valuable assets in corrections, especially when managed, trained, and appropriately utilized for success. Corrections rely on well-trained, experienced, and devoted workforces to provide their community with the most cost-effective required security service and stay on track with the larger mission of public safety. The physically and mentally demanding work conditions in correctional settings are associated with numerous health and performance outcomes like exhaustion, psychological distress, dissatisfaction, and impaired work ability.

RTI will host a convening on September 25-26, 2023 at RTI Headquarters in Research Triangle Park, NC. This convening will allow NCCP sites to come together to discuss challenges related to fatal and non-fatal shooting investigations.

Overview: Employees are the biggest valuable assets in corrections, especially when managed, trained, and appropriately utilized for success. Corrections rely on well-trained, experienced, and devoted workforces to provide their community with the most cost-effective required security service and stay on track with the larger mission of public safety. The physically and mentally demanding work conditions in correctional settings are associated with numerous health and performance outcomes like exhaustion, psychological distress, dissatisfaction, and impaired work ability.

Overview: Employees are the biggest valuable assets in corrections, especially when managed, trained, and appropriately utilized for success. Corrections rely on well-trained, experienced, and devoted workforces to provide their community with the most cost-effective required security service and stay on track with the larger mission of public safety.

On June 5th & 6th, 2023, members of the Law Enforcement team and the National Policing Institute hosted a Knowledge Lab Convening in Denver, CO. The convening was attended by representatives from all 15 Law Enforcement Mental Health Learning Sites and subject matter experts in police mental health collaborations. The Knowledge Lab Convening featured panels and speakers who discussed constitutional policing, procedural justice and best practices in mental health response.

On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, BJA, SAMHSA, and the CSG Justice Center convened a National Forecasting Group Meeting on the shared the opportunity 988 presents for law enforcement. The meeting set out to achieve the following goals: Build a collective vision for 988 as a shared opportunity for behavioral health providers, law enforcement, and communities, including the opportunities presented by the new national dialing code to reduce avoidable contact with the criminal justice system and address disparities.

The project team held a virtual conference with BJA grantees and provided an opportunity to learn from other grantees and to present on their grant related activities, including updates on their progress (e.g., technologies purchases or installed, policies developed or implemented, etc.), as well as any successes, challenges, or lessons they’ve learned executing their grant.

The Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia (PACGA), in partnership with the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, are pleased to extend an invitation to you for the upcoming Complex Homicide Conference in Athens, GA, focusing on murder prosecution and investigation. This conference aims to bring together seasoned and not-so-seasoned legal professionals, law enforcement officers, and experts in the field to share insights, exchange knowledge, and discuss model practices in prosecuting and investigating homicide cases.

The VALOR Project hosted a workshop during the event describing the program and featuring speakers involved in VALOR Resilience Training. Topics covered included how to integrate resilience into agencies' existing wellness programs.

Gathered information and prepared the conference cost request for event expected to take place in March 2025, which involves current sites, additional sites, BJA, speakers, CJI staff, national associations, and consultants.