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2011 National Drug Threat Assessment
"The illicit trafficking and abuse of drugs present a challenging, dynamic threat to the United States. Overall demand is rising, largely supplied by illicit drugs smuggled to U.S. markets by major transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). Changing conditions continue to alter patterns in drug production, trafficking, and abuse. Traffickers are responding to government counterdrug efforts by modifying their interrelationships, altering drug production levels, and adjusting their trafficking routes and methods. Major Mexican-based TCOs continue to solidify their dominance over the wholesale illicit drug trade as they control the movement of most of the foreign-produced drug supply across the U.S. Southwest Border."
National Drug Intelligence Center (U.S.); United States. Department of Justice
2011-08
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Stalking and Domestic Violence: Report to Congress
"The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103--322), improved our country's response to violence against women, including domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault. VAWA and its recent reauthorization, the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, have transformed criminal and civil justice system efforts to address these serious crimes, bringing communities together to move forward to end violence against women. Police officers, prosecutors, victim advocates, and members of the judiciary are collaborating to leverage the coercive power of the criminal justice system to enhance victim safety and hold offenders accountable. To help support these initiatives, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), has provided tools and resources to implement coordinated community responses to violence against women and to fund basic research to expand understanding of stalking and domestic violence. This report to Congress is part of an ongoing commitment to share information about strategies that show promise in the field and about the development of laws addressing stalking. It is produced in response to Subtitle F of VAWA, which directs the U.S. Attorney General to submit a report on these issues."
United States. Department of Justice. Office on Violence against Women
2001-05
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Technology Assessment Program: Hand-Held Aerosol Tear Gas Weapons
"This document, NIJ [National Institute of Justice] Standard-0110.00, Hand-Held Aerosol Tear Gas Weapons, is an equipment standard developed by the Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory of the National Bureau of Standards. It is produced as part of the Technology Assessment Program of the National Institute of Justice. A brief description of the program appears on the inside front cover. This standard is a technical document that specifies performance and other requirements equipment should qeet to satisfy the needs of criminal justice agencies for high quality service. Purchasers can use the test methods described in this standard themselves to determine whether i particular piece of equipment meets the essential requirements, or they may have the tests conducted on their behalf by a qualified testing laboratory. Procurement officials may also refer to this standard in their purchasing documents and require that equipment offered for purchase meet the requirements. Compliance with the requirements of the standard may be attested to by an independent laboratory or guaranteed by the vendor. Because this NIJ standard Is designed as a procurement aid, it is necessarily highly technical. For those who seek general guidance concerning the selection and application of law enforcement equipment, user guides have also been published. The guides explain in nontechnical language how to select equipment capable of the performance required by an agency."
National Institute of Justice (U.S.); United States. Department of Justice
1985-09
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Building Productive Relationships with the Media: Dealing with New Media Culture During Crisis Situations
"The emergence of new media and social networking technology has dramatically changed law enforcement relations with the press. Not only has it added a new dimension to the skills already needed in today's 24/7 'all-news-all-the-time' media culture, but also it increases the chances of missteps--particularly in crisis or emergency situations. At the same time, it has created new opportunities for police managers in furthering police/community/media relations. Part I of this report offers general guidelines designed for police executives and public information officers operating in this new environment. It focuses on (1) dealing with the current media culture during crisis situations and (2) offers 'do's and don'ts' for using social media in communicating with the press. Both sets of guidelines should be considered essential components in any long-term strategy for building productive relationships with the media in your community. The guidelines are based on the real-world experiences of senior police managers and on research by media technology and law enforcement experts. For more detailed information and further reading, this report also provides a list of references and additional resources. Part II provides a real-world example of crisis management, which involved the use of both traditional and new media by then Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton following the 'May Day' 2007 confrontation involving LAPD [Los Angeles Police Department] officers, media, and demonstrators at Los Angeles' MacArthur Park."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Handelman, Stephen; Domanick, Joe
2012-02
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Essentials for Leaders: Operation Partnership: Trends and Practices in Law Enforcement and Private Security Collaborations
"Operation Partnership: Trends and Practices in Law Enforcement and Private Security Collaborations is intended to help law enforcement and private security organizations develop and operate effective partnerships to address issues of mutual concern. It provides guidelines and analysis which are supplemented with examples from partnerships throughout the nation of trends, innovative practices, obstacles, lessons learned, and results. These partnerships were formed or expanded to address a range of critical policing and private sector needs, including: terrorism preparedness and prevention, supporting neighborhood and downtown revitalization efforts, combating financial crimes, improving security at special events, improving security for the nation's critical infrastructure, and bringing community policing strategies to bear on crimes against businesses and the community."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2012-02
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Navigating Your Agency's Path to Intelligence-Led Policing [April 2009]
"Navigating Your Agency's Path to Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) serves as an overview for implementing the ILP framework within a law enforcement agency. The ILP approach is a process for enhancing law enforcement agency effectiveness. It also provides an organizational approach to gather and use many sources of information and intelligence to make timely and targeted strategic, operational, and tactical decisions, thereby enhancing law enforcement effectiveness. This document provides information on how the ILP framework can support existing law enforcement policing strategies. The key elements of ILP include executive commitment and involvement; collaboration and coordination throughout all levels of the agency; tasking and coordination; collection, planning, and operation; analytic capabilities; awareness, education, and training; end-user feedback; and reassessment of the process. Overarching all of these factors are effective information sharing processes. Understanding each of these elements provides the planning, organizational, and administrative steps necessary to implement ILP. This document also provides insight regarding the challenges of ILP implementation. The issues outlined can be mitigated through proper planning and preparation."
United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
2009-04
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Bringing Calm to Chaos: A Critical Incident Review of the San Bernardino Public Safety Response to the December 2, 2015, Terrorist Shooting Incident at the Inland Regional Center
"On December 2, 2015, at 10:59 a.m. the Inland Regional Center (IRC) in San Bernardino, California, came under attack. The incident began as what is now known to be two shooters, dressed in all black, entered the IRC --a building in which San Bernardino County Environmental Health Department employees were meeting--and began shooting. An intensive and chaotic search for the shooters began initially within the vast IRC complex and then in the city and surrounding areas. During the initial and subsequent witness interviews, law enforcement received differing accounts of the number of individuals--including shooters-- involved in the attack. Quick investigative work by a San Bernardo Police Department (SBPD) civilian analyst and the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department (SBCSD) Criminal Intelligence division developed an address for one of the shooters: Rizwan Farook (the male assailant). Before long, officers located the suspect vehicle and two suspects, which led to a midday shootout between the police and Rizwan and his wife Tashfeen Malik (the female assailant), as well as a search for a third subject some officers believed had fled the suspects' vehicle. Ultimately, law enforcement officers killed both assailants on a normally quiet residential street--but not before two officers were wounded. It was later determined that there was not a third suspect. The aftermath of the gun battle was witnessed in real time across the country as news helicopters hovered overhead. Press conferences were held throughout the day and evening as well as for several days following the attack as authorities attempted to quell rising fears and investigators scoured the region, as well as the Internet, in search of clues to determine why the couple had committed such a brutal attack that ultimately left 22 civilians wounded, 14 civilians dead, and 2 officers injured. Two days later, the answer came: a premeditated act of terrorism. San Bernardino had joined the ranks of New York City; Washington, D.C.; Paris; and Brussels as cities that have all dealt with extreme violence at the hands of terrorists."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Braziel, Rick; Straub, Frank; Watson, George . . .
2016
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Signs Within: Suicide Prevention Education and Awareness
"The goal of this document is to educate law enforcement leaders, raise awareness, and prevent officer suicides. With information, signs to look for, and resources to reach out to, this document ensures that law enforcement leaders can provide their officers with the proper support in order to prevent officer suicides."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
International Association of Chiefs of Police
2018
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Americans with Disabilities Act: Access to Medical Care for Individuals With Mobility Disabilities
This documents reviews frequently asked questions and accessibility requirements to examination rooms and medical equipment as explained in the Americans with Disabilities Act for individuals with mobility disabilities.
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2010-07
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Engaging the Private Sector to Promote Homeland Security: Law-Enforcement-Private Security Partnerships
This document discusses the importance of law-enforcement-private security partnerships for homeland security since the September 11, 2001 attacks. The document describes issues in collaboration and offers some local and regional to state and federal program initiatives and recommendations.
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance; United States. Department of Justice
2005-09-01?
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Information Quality Program Guide
This guide is intended to help justice managers develop an information quality program for their organizations and is designed to support managers who must analyze their justice entity's information and determine what is needed to ensure good quality information.
United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
2010-01-01?
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Reducing Non-Emergency Calls to 9-1-1: An Assessment of Four Approaches to Handling Citizen Calls for Service
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), with support from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), is seeking proposals to assess alternative approaches to handling citizen calls for service. Four developed strategies are the focus of this assessment, including the implementation of 3-1-1 as a non-emergency telephone number, alternative to 9-1-1. Request for proposals are being sought under authority of section 1705 (b) of the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994.
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
1997-06-19?
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Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Announces Aggressive New Joint Initiatives with El Salvador To Combat Transnational Gangs
"Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Salvadoran President Elias Antonio Saca announced tough new collaborative efforts to combat transnational gangs such as MS-13 and 18th Street that operate in El Salvador, elsewhere in Central America, Mexico, and the United States. The comprehensive, four-part initiative is designed to help identify and prosecute the most dangerous Salvadoran gang members through programs to enhance gang enforcement, fugitive apprehension, international coordination, information sharing, and training and prevention. These joint initiatives with El Salvador are part of a greater effort by the U.S. government to combat gangs and gang-related violence in North and Central America. The Department of Justice, under the leadership of Attorney General Gonzales, has made the fight against gangs one of its highest priorities. Just last year, Attorney General Gonzales created a new, national anti-gang task force, the National Gang Targeting, Enforcement and Coordination Center (GangTECC) - led by the Department's Criminal Division and made up of agents from ATF, DEA, FBI, USMS, the Bureau of Prisons, and Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). GangTECC works in close collaboration with the new National Gang Intelligence Center, the Gang Squad prosecution unit in the Criminal Division, and the FBI's MS-13 National Gang Task Force, as well as with other federal, state, local and overseas law enforcement agencies."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Chief Information Officer
Gonzales, Alberto R.
2007-02-05
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School-Based Partnerships: A Problem-Solving Strategy
"The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) funded the School-Based Partnerships (SBP) grant program for the purpose of partnering law enforcement agencies with schools to address crime and disorder problems in and around middle and high schools. In Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, the COPS Office awarded 275 law enforcement agencies more than $30 million to partner with school entities to address crime and disorder in and around schools. These law enforcement agencies were required to attend training in problem-analysis and problem-solving methods, specifically the SARA model, to better understand the causes of identified problems, apply analysis-driven responses, and evaluate their efforts."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Uchida, Craig D.; Solomon, Shellie E.; Katz, Charles M. . . .
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Making It Safer: A Study of Law Enforcement Fatalities Between 2010-2016
"This report encompasses a seven-year study from 2010-2016 that analyzed 1,016 line-of-duty deaths. Specifically, the analysis focused on cases that involved a dispatched call for service and the common circumstances in those fatal incidents. Armed with this information, researchers were tasked with determining if any commonalities existed that could be utilized as learning tools to prevent future deadly calls or fatal encounters. The research team continued their previous analysis of fatal encounters that were the result of officers taking self-initiated action, such as making a traffic stop or stopping a suspicious person. The research team analyzed those encounters and provided two more years of case data to enhance the information gathered in the 2016 report. The report offers an analysis of soft body armor usage and seatbelt usage in automobile crashes across seven years. Identifying contemporary issues, NLEOMF [National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund] researchers studied cases that were deemed to be an ambush or ambush-style shooting on officers and have furnished an analysis of those cases with a statistical breakdown by year. The key findings from this report revealed that calls related to domestic disputes and domestic-related incidents represented the highest number of fatal types of calls for service and were also the underlying cause of law enforcement fatalities for several other calls for service."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Breul, Nick; Luongo, Desiree
2017-12
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Bump-Stock-Type Devices
From the Summary: "The Department of Justice is amending the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to clarify that bump-stock-type devices -- meaning 'bump fire' stocks, slide-fire devices, and devices with certain similar characteristics -- are 'machineguns' as defined by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control Act of 1968 because such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger. Specifically, these devices convert an otherwise semiautomatic firearm into a machinegun by functioning as a self-acting or self-regulating mechanism that harnesses the recoil energy of the semiautomatic firearm in a manner that allows the trigger to reset and continue firing without additional physical manipulation of the trigger by the shooter. Hence, a semiautomatic firearm to which a bump-stock-type device is attached is able to produce automatic fire with a single pull of the trigger. With limited exceptions, the Gun Control Act, as amended, makes it unlawful for any person to transfer or possess a machinegun unless it was lawfully possessed prior to the effective date of the statute. The bumpstock-type devices covered by this final rule were not in existence prior to the effective date of the statute, and therefore will be prohibited when this rule becomes effective. Consequently, under the final rule, current possessors of these devices will be required to destroy the devices or abandon them at an ATF office prior to the effective date of the rule."
United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; United States. Department of Justice
2018-12-18?
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How to Increase Cultural Understanding
From the Document: "This first guide in the series, 'How to Increase Cultural Understanding', recognizes that police officers may be unfamiliar with some of the communities they are responsible for keeping safe. Residents of these communities may have public safety needs and challenges that are difficult for police to understand. In order for officers to acquire the knowledge necessary to effectively perform their duties and build trust among community members, it is essential that they make an effort to understand the community's history, diversity, and concerns. This guide provides a brief historical perspective of policing, tips on community-informed policing and maximizing collaboration with communities of color, strategies for how best to build trust during contentious incidents, and information on trauma and community-informed policing strategies."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Shah, Susan; Gokey, Caitlin
2016
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How to Support Trust Building in Your Agency
From the Document: "This third guide in the series, 'How to Support Trust Building in Your Agency', is a resource for agency leadership who recognize that building trust with diverse communities is essential to effectively carrying out their public service duties but also know that moving from policy to practice can be challenging. This guide orients police officials seeking to integrate a community policing philosophy into their work, build institutional capacity and knowledge, and ensure their agency is representative of the diverse communities they serve."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Shah, Susan; Gokey, Caitlin
2016
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How to Serve Diverse Communities
From the Document: "This second guide in the series, 'How to Serve Diverse Communities', offers specialized approaches that can be helpful in reaching groups that have unique public safety needs, are highly vulnerable, or have historically been harmed by law enforcement. This guide details tips and information about how to reach many of these populations, including youth, immigrants and refugees, and transgender individuals."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Shah, Susan; Gokey, Caitlin
2016
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Uniting Communities Post-9-11: Tactics for Cultivating Community Partnerships with Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian Communities
From the Document: "This report seeks to fill a gap in the policing field and guide local law enforcement in integrating homeland security and community oriented policing, with the understanding that community policing efforts best flow from pre-existing relationships and mutual engagement of both police and the communities they serve. It is likely that the three main barriers do not manifest the same way in any two jurisdictions and that all nine tactics will not apply in every municipality. Nonetheless, this guide can aid any local law enforcement official in taking proactive and systematic steps to improve engagement with, and prevent alienation of, their local AMEMSA [Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, or South Asian] communities."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Saint-Fort, Pradine; Shah, Susan
2015
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2015 Explosives Incident Report
"The 2015 'Explosives Incident Report (EIR)' is an analytical product generated by the United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC), using data captured in the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS) through case entry contributions of its 11,478 active users. This report examines the total number of 'explosives incidents, bombings, recoveries, suspicious packages, bomb threats, hoaxes, and thefts/losses' that were reported into BATS for calendar year 2014. It is important to note that BATS is a real-time dynamic incident management system and is strictly user dependent; therefore, it is possible that the data represented in this report may differ slightly from previously reported data due to updates or changes made by the owner of the records."
United States Bomb Data Center; United States. Department of Justice
2016-10-27
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2014 Explosives Incident Report
"The 2014 Explosives Incident Report (EIR) is an analytical product generated by the United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC), using data captured in the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS) through case entry contributions of its 11,478 active users. This report examines the total number of explosives incidents, bombings, recoveries, suspicious packages, bomb threats, hoaxes, and thefts/losses that were reported into BATS for calendar year 2014. It is important to note that BATS is a real-time dynamic incident management system and is strictly user dependent; therefore, it is possible that the data represented in this report may differ slightly from previously reported data due to updates or changes made by the owner of the records."
United States Bomb Data Center; United States. Department of Justice
2016-04-06
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Guide to Critical Issues in Policing
From the Document: "The information in this guide has been adapted from publications in PERF's [Police Executive Research Forum] 'Critical Issues in Policing Series', from PERF's work with police executives and researchers, and from other research and publications that are shaping current thinking on these issues in the field. Links to the full resources can be found at the end of each section under the heading 'Resource Guide.' The critical issue topic areas are: 1. Police Use of Force and Accountability 2. Managing Mass Demonstrations 3. Police Encounters with Persons with Mental Illness/Behavioral Health Challenges 4. Civil Rights Investigations of Local Police Agencies 5. Community Policing and Establishing Police Legitimacy 6. Union-Management Relations in Policing."
United States. Community Relations Service; United States. Department of Justice
2015?
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Key Findings of the Behavioral Analysis Unit's Las Vegas Review Panel (LVRP)
"As part of the investigative assistance provided by the FBI to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), FBI Las Vegas Division requested that the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) conduct a post-attack analysis of Paddock. The BAU was asked to examine the possible motives behind Paddock's shooting and to identify Paddock's pre-attack behaviors. In response to the request, the BAU convened a diverse group of experts from within and outside the FBI to form the Las Vegas Review Panel (LVRP). This multi-disciplinary panel was comprised of experts in threat assessment, psychology, psychiatry, research, cyber behavioral analysis, law, and child sexual exploitation. Members of the panel were selected based on their familiarity with targeted violence and behavioral analysis, but also with a deliberate intent to assemble varied perspectives crossing a spectrum of relevant subject areas. The LVRP spent nearly 12 months synthesizing and analyzing the vast amount of information and evidence gathered by the LVMPD and the FBI. The LVRP's expertise was leveraged to comprehensively explore details of Paddock's developmental, interpersonal, and clinical history as they related to his decision to attack."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
2019-01?
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Comparison of Averted and Completed School Attacks from the Police Foundation Averted School Violence Database
"In 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) provided funding to the Police Foundation to initiate the Averted School Violence (ASV) project. Through this project, the Police Foundation developed a database (Police Foundation 2018) to collect, analyze, and publish (in an online library [Police Foundation 2018b]) incidents of averted and completed acts of school violence that have occurred since the attack on Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. The data are drawn from the public domain as well as from law enforcement, school officials, and others entering reports into the database. The database is intended to serve as a resource to law enforcement, schools, mental health professionals, and others involved in preventing school violence by sharing ways in which other school attacks across the country have been identified and prevented. In this report, 51 completed and 51 averted incidents of school violence, drawn from the ASV database, were analyzed to help further our understanding of averted and completed school attacks. The report also seeks to provide important lessons about how school violence can be prevented."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Straub, Frank; Langman, Peter
2019
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Preliminary Report on the Police Foundation's Averted School Violence Database
"In this report, 51 averted incidents of school violence, a sample drawn from the Averted School Violence (ASV) database, were analyzed to help further our understanding of averted school attacks. The ASV project defines an incident of averted school violence as a violent attack planned with or without the use of a firearm that was prevented either before or after the potential perpetrator arrived on school grounds but before any injury or loss of life occurred. The 51 averted attacks do not constitute every incident of school violence that has occurred in the United States since April 20, 1999, nor do they constitute a representative sample. Rather, averted attacks (those that were identified from open sources) were selected based on the amount of information available in open sources and with an effort made to find reports in a wide range of states."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Daniels, Jeffrey A., 1965-
2019
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Considerations and Recommendations Regarding State and Local Officer-Involved Use-Of-Force Investigations
"As first responders, law enforcement officers protect the communities they serve; maintain order; render aid; and enforce state, county, municipal, and federal laws. In performing these duties, officers sometimes must use force, including deadly force, which they are permitted to do, but only consistent with the authority delegated to them by state and federal laws. Particularly when law enforcement officers use force resulting in death or serious bodily injury, there must be a complete, thorough, and transparent investigation conducted in a timely manner. The public has a right to expect that all involved parties be held legally accountable--including criminally accountable when appropriate--for their actions under applicable law. [...] This document is a resource that sets forth recommendations and issues to consider for municipal, county, and state law enforcement officials tasked with ensuring accountability for critical use-of-force incidents that result in death or serious bodily injury to any party. It is designed to follow existing laws, regulations, and statutes, and agencies should review their operating structures to ensure adherence to governing processes as they seek to implement recommendations identified in this document. This document is intended to be used prior to critical use-of-force incidents to identify and implement recommendations, address issues, and better equip agencies to effectively respond to use-of-force investigations."
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance; United States. Department of Justice
2017-08
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Public Safety Primer on Cloud Technology
"The purpose of this resource is to educate the public safety community and provide answers to straightforward common questions public safety agencies may have regarding cloud technology, the services the cloud can provide, and guidance for considering contracts with cloud vendors. In addition, this resource provides a glossary of definitions for terms used throughout the document, as well as a list of recommended resources for further reading. It is intended to provide introductory guidance to agencies, not to be an exhaustive 'how-to' guide."
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance; United States. Department of Justice
Doyle, Patrick; Milstead, Mike; Powell, John . . .
2016-10
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Highlights of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey
"Gang activity remains a widespread problem across the United States, with prevalence rates remaining significantly elevated in 2008 compared with recorded lows in the early 2000s. Approximately one-third of the jurisdictions in the National Youth Gang Survey (NYGS) study population1 reported gang problems in 2008. This is a significant change over the 2002 estimate, but a statistically negligible one from 2007. The 13-year trend is shown in figure 1. The National Gang Center estimates that 32.4 percent of all cities, suburban areas, towns, and rural counties (more than 3,330 jurisdictions served by city and county law enforcement agencies) experienced gang problems in 2008. This represents a 15-percent increase from the 2002 figure. Approximately 774,000 gang members and 27,900 gangs are estimated to have been active in the United States in 2008. The number of gangs increased by 28 percent, and the number of gang members increased by 6 percent from 2002 to 2008 (see table 1)."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Office of Justice Programs
2010-03
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Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Programs: Eleven Case Studies
From the Document: "This report is designed to provide an overview of multiple successful and promising law enforcement mental health and wellness strategies with the joint aims of informing Congress, state and local government officials, and the law enforcement field. The report includes 11 case studies from a diverse group of sites across the United States. Each case study shares basic information about the program or agency, a description of how and why they got engaged in officer mental health and wellness, the components of their programming, the challenges encountered, and key findings for replication."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Copple, Colleen K.; Copple, James E.; Drake, Jessica . . .
2019