Other Adjudication/Courts

On November 9, IIR hosted a PIOCoP roundtable that featured site highlights from the Director of Communications Donna Rossi with the Phoenix Police Department and PIO Angela Ingram from the Louisville Police Department. Attendees were encouraged to provide feedback regarding IACP, as well as lessons learned in crisis communications to share with the PIOCoP members during the roundtable discussion.

IIR hosted a Public Information Officers Community of Practice (PIOCoP) Event on August 15. In this interactive group discussion, participants were encouraged to turn on their cameras and offer their unique perspectives on how they would address a variety of critical incident scenarios. Moderators included Laura McElroy, Principal Consultant of the McElroy Media Group and IIR staff.

On September 25, IIR supported a CACoP roundtable for the 2023 IACA conference. Attendees were encouraged to provide feedback and lessons learned to share with the CACoP members and any other PSP analysts joining the session.

IIR hosted a Prosecution Community of Practice (PCoP) event on September 7. During this event, PCoP members heard from Mr. Jay Jackson and Ms. Chris Brown-Haugen on Restorative Justice. Jamal “Jay” Jackson is an Assistant State’s Attorney (ASA) in the Alternative Prosecutions Unit in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office in Chicago, IL. Chris Brown-Haugen is the Deputy District Attorney in charge of Restorative Justice & Diversion at the Denver District Attorney’s Office.

The THWC team continued work on the tribal-specific foundational training curriculum. Activities included:
1. Proposal how current Category 1 Planning and Implementation grantees will meet their planning phase requirement while the curriculum is developed - TLPI proposed to support the three tribal planning and implementation grantees by prioritizing intensive onsite and offsite TTA – and pair each tribe with a mentor court - while we develop the tribal-specific foundational training curriculum. BJA approved the proposed plan on January 10, 2024.

This reporting period planning for the design and development of a tribal-specific foundational training curriculum began. Curriculum development workgroup members were identified, and content requirements were discussed. The THWC team also found it is necessary to simultaneously work on 2 related tasks for this objective: 1) a pilot testing plan as this could affect the target completion date of the draft curriculum; 2) how current Category 1 Planning and Implementation grantees will meet their planning phase requirement while the curriculum is developed.

Two meetings with veteran consultants occurred this reporting period supporting Objective 3.5: Expand services to native veterans.

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute sent each FY23 CTAS Purpose Area 3 - Tribal Healing to Wellness Court grantee a welcome letter. This letter introduced the TLPI organization, TLPI THWC staff, possible TTA services available, links to THWC resources and potential team training, links to a scheduling poll for a virtual Tribal TTA overview and a short questionnaire to gauge implementation progress, and information about meeting at the in-person CTAS New Grantee Orientation in Seattle, WA.

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute sent each FY23 CTAS Purpose Area 3 - Tribal Healing to Wellness Court grantee a welcome letter. This letter introduced the TLPI organization, TLPI THWC staff, possible TTA services available, links to THWC resources and potential team training, links to a scheduling poll for a virtual Tribal TTA overview and a short questionnaire to gauge implementation progress, and information about meeting at the in-person CTAS New Grantee Orientation. Primary and secondary TTA coaches were included in this letter so that grantees begin to recognize contact names.

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute sent each FY23 Adult Treatment Court - Tribal Healing to Wellness Court grantee a welcome letter. This letter introduced the TLPI organization, TLPI THWC staff, possible TTA services available, links to THWC resources and potential team training, webinar information for the Tribal Judicial Insitute's BJA Expectations webinar, and links to a scheduling poll for a virtual Tribal TTA overview and a short questionnaire to gauge implementation progress.