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Login U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance Home Global Justice Global Information Sharing Toolkit National Initiatives Privacy & Civil Liberties Policy & Implementation Search keywords: Promising Practices in Forensic Lab Intelligence Analyst Professional Development Road Map, Version 2.0 Analysis Toolkit Available Now: Fusion Center Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Policy Development Template, Version 3.0 COVID-19 Resources for Public Safety Personnel BJA National Training and Technical Assistance—Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities Violent Crime Reduction Operations Guide: Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders Five in 5 Committing to Change Promising Practices in Forensic Lab Intelligence New release: This document provides law enforcement intelligence functions and fusion centers with promising practices and recommendations on how to develop or enhance the relationship between forensic labs and intelligence units. Analyst Professional Development Road Map, Version 2.0 New Release: The Analyst Professional Development Road Map, developed by the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council , Global Initiative in conjunction with the Bureau of Justice Assistance and U.S. Department of Homeland Security, creates a sustainable, professional career path for analysts operating within federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial organizations. Analysis Toolkit The Analysis Toolkit is a website serving as a clearinghouse for crime and intelligence analysis resources. The Analysis Toolkit has been designed to allow users to explore existing resources, refine current approaches, discover new points of contact, and build their own toolkit by selecting various resources throughout the site. Fusion Center Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Policy Development Template, Version 3.0. This template will: Assist fusion center personnel in developing privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties policies (P/CRCL). Help fusion centers comply with DHS guidelines, ISE privacy guidelines, and NSI requirements. Support fusion center personnel in updating their centers’ existing P/CRCL policies. COVID-19 Resources for Public Safety Personnel Centers for Disease Control Guidance for Law Enforcement International Association of Chiefs of Police Law Enforcement Information on COVID-19 BJA National Training and Technical Assistance—Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities Information Violent Crime Reduction Operations Guide: Developed by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Major Cities Chiefs Association, this guide is intended to identify the critical elements of violent crime reduction efforts. Violent Crime Reduction Operations Guide Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders Offering actions that first responders can take to protect themselves from exposure; when exposure occurs; and when they or their partners exhibit signs of intoxication. Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders Fentanyl: The Real Deal Video Five in 5 The Criminal intelligence Coordinating Council’s (CICC) Five in 5 is a snapshot of law enforcement and criminal intelligence-related articles, resources, and research that may be of interest to CICC members and partners working to improve the nation’s ability to develop and share criminal intelligence . Read the Latest Edition or View the Archives Committing to Change The FBI’s transition of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program from the Summary Reporting System to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is establishing a broader baseline that more precisely captures the occurrence of crime. Law enforcement agencies committed to NIBRS are equipping their communities for more informed conversations about crime. Get NIBRS Resources Information Sharing News News Archive | Subscribe Crime Victim Awareness Through the Decades In 1974, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) launched a new initiative to fund research that analyzed the needs and problems of crime victims. This initiative has flourished over the past 45 years, as NIJ has continued to play an integral role in performing and funding research on issues critical to victim recovery and evaluating victim services. NIJ funding has spanned from early victim and witness programs, to experiments to find ways to deter intimate partner violence, to evaluation of grant programs funded by the Office for Victims of Crime to support wraparound legal services for victims. nij.ojp.gov/... Online Course: Designing Effective Community Responses to Radicalization to Violence Designing Effective Community Responses to Radicalization to Violence (DECRRV) is a six-week, no-cost online course that provides an interactive, hands-on opportunity to apply design thinking methodologies to the development of community-based Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) efforts. This course was developed by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Training and Education Division. After taking this course, participants will be able to: Explain how whole community approaches to CVE can build resilience to hazards. Identify the five phases of the design thinking process and associated techniques. Describe how design thinking methods can be used to develop a community-based program to counter violent extremism. Utilize design thinking to develop a community engagement program to counter violent extremism. umd-start.catalog.instructure.com/... New Website: AMBER Alert in Indian Country A newly redesigned AMBER Alert website now features Indian Country resources. From the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the refreshed AMBER Alert website now includes access to the AMBER Alert in Indian Country website, a summary of the AMBER Alert in Indian Country Initiative, and training and technical assistance resources. The website, managed by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), provides resources to help regional and state-level AMBER Alert training and coordination efforts and links to resources that support the AMBER Alert program through national partners and OJJDP grantees. amber-ic.org/... NIBRS Transition: National Crime Statistics Exchange The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS), are spearheading the National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X) to increase the number of law enforcement agencies reporting detailed crime data to the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). NCS-X is enrolling an additional 400 scientifically selected agencies to report to NIBRS, including all of the largest agencies in the United States. Once data from the 400 NCS-X agencies are combined with the nearly 7,000 current NIBRS-reporting agencies, the nation will have detailed crime information from law enforcement agencies that serve an estimated two-thirds of American citizens, and from which national estimates can be accurately developed. The majority of BJS funds from this program have provided direct resources to state and local law enforcement agencies. Funds also have supported training and technical assistance and the development of statistical estimation procedures. www.bjs.gov/... Stopping Fentanyl at the Border In this article from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), scientists discuss the effectiveness of chemical screening at points of entry. According to the Drug Enforcement Agency there are large quantities of the synthetic drug fentanyl flowing into the country at ports of entry along the Southwest border. Because this drug drives a nationwide overdose epidemic, law enforcement agencies are considering technologies that might help stem the flow. These NIST Scientists have tested whether a chemical detection te...