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Addressing Four OSW Pillars in Smaller and Rural Communities: Officer Safety and Wellness Group Meeting Summary
From the Document: "In March 2020, the OSW [Officer Safety and Wellness] Group convened to discuss law enforcement safety and wellness challenges that are unique to small and rural agencies--an essential conversation given that approximately 80 percent of U.S. law enforcement agencies have fewer than 20 officers. This meeting focused on addressing safety and tactical care via training and proper equipment; promoting physical health through testing, regular wellness visits, and fitness resources; and supporting mental wellness with confidential counseling, peer support groups, and other innovative and unconventional resources. Overall, the goal was to identify best practices, discuss research, and share strategies to improve holistic wellness for officers. The meeting participants also clearly highlighted several ways in which leadership should promote wellness among their staff."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Simpson, Elizabeth
2020-03
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School Resource Officers: Averted School Violence Special Report
From the Document: "The National Police Foundation and the COPS [Community Oriented Policing Services] Office created the Averted School Violence (ASV) database to provide a platform for sharing information about averted incidents of violence in elementary, secondary, and higher education. This report examines 12 case studies of incidents in which planned violence targeting K-12 [Kindergarten-12th grade] schools was averted by the potential attackers' peers, school administrators, and other school safety stakeholders including school resource officers (SRO). Each case includes a discussion of lessons learned from examining the potential attackers' intentions and the actions of those who averted the attack."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Allison, Jeff; Canady, Mo; Straub, Frank G.
2020
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2019 Explosives Incident Report
From the Operational Highlights: "The 2019 'Explosives Incident Report (EIR)' is an informational product prepared by the United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC), using incident data reported in the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS) by 2,529 interagency partners and 12,515 registered users. This report examines the total number of explosives related incidents reported in BATS for calendar year 2019 and included 'explosions and bombings,' 'recoveries,' 'suspicious packages,' 'bomb threats,' 'hoaxes,' and 'explosives thefts/losses.'"
United States Bomb Data Center; United States. Department of Justice
2019
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2018 Explosives Incident Report
From the Operational Highlights: "The 2018 'Explosives Incident Report (EIR)' is an informational product prepared by the United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC), using incident data reported in the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS) by its 2,764 interagency partners and 13,059 registered users. This report examines the total number of explosives related incidents reported in BATS for calendar year 2017 and includes 'explosions and bombings,' 'recoveries,' 'suspicious packages,' 'bomb threats,' 'hoaxes,' and 'explosives thefts/losses.'"
United States Bomb Data Center; United States. Department of Justice
2018?
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Milwaukee Resilience Model
From the Introduction: "The Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Police Department (MPD), in partnership with Dr. Sandra Ramey of the University of Iowa College of Nursing, was awarded COPS [Office of Community Oriented Policing Services] Office microgrant funding for a project entitled 'Development and Validation of a Resilience Curriculum at the Academy.' The MPD and Dr. Ramey worked with the MPD Academy to complete deliverables including resilience training and program validation. The implementation of a resilience training intervention is highly dependent on the timing of the training. In a recent MPD academy class of 42 cadets ranging in ages from 21 to 53 years, greater job satisfaction of police officers three months after their graduation from the academy was statistically significantly associated with lower emotional stress (p < .001) and lower perceived stress (p = .01) (Ramey et al. 2017). For a different cohort of 38 working Milwaukee police officers, ages 22 to 54 years, with greater longevity on the job, the associations were not statistically significant for emotional and perceived stress before nor after the resilience training (Ramey et al. 2016). It appears from these early results that the timing of this intervention matters and implementation with recruits at the academy is likely the most effective time to deliver this training. Therefore, the current study focused on implementation of a resilience training program at the academy level."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Ramey, Sandra; Schroeder, Chris
2020
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Unique Needs and Challenges of Border Law Enforcement 'and Promising Practices for Establishing a Criminal Interdiction Unit'
From the Document: "The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) and the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) hosted a series of roundtable and focus groups, supplemented by a needs assessment, to determine the needs, promising practices, and challenges of sheriffs' offices along the northern and southern borders of the United States. This report summarizes the findings of those discussions. Border sheriffs' primary needs are for personnel; updated equipment and infrastructure, particularly along the northern border; and support in information sharing and communication across all levels of government. The report also focuses on a widely shared promising practice--the establishment of dedicated interdiction units. A COPS Office / NSA training on rural interdiction is summarized, along with lessons learned from an interdiction unit in North Texas."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Barksdale, Kristi; Yount, Tully
2020
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Line of Duty Deaths Due to COVID-19
From the Document: "An analysis of line of duty deaths (LODDs) based on data compiled by the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP) found that COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] killed 76 law enforcement officers in the line of duty from March through July 2020. This represented 50% or more of all LODDs in 15 states, territories, and the District of Columbia. A majority of these officers were 50 years of age or older, in line with general population trends. As of August 8, 2020, ODMP recorded 157 total LODDs in 2020, a 65% increase as compared to the previous year - COVID-19 being the single highest cause of 2020 LODDs. ODMP's numbers are based on public submissions to their page, which are evaluated against their criteria for inclusion using information compiled from user submissions, media accounts, and correspondence with the officer's agency. These statistics include any law enforcement officer who dies as a result of COVID-19 that is a direct result of the officer's law enforcement duties."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2020
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Ten Essential Actions to Improve School Safety: School Safety Working Group Report to the Attorney General
From the Introduction: "Although statistically they are rare, school shootings and mass casualty attacks have an enormous impact on our communities. This impact often leads to immense pressure on school administrators and law enforcement officials to 'do something' quickly to protect our children in school. Hasty and reactive decision-making often results in implementation of new policies and adoption of new equipment and technology based on scant--if any--evidence of their effectiveness. Understanding this challenge, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) asked its School Safety Working Group to identify from a law enforcement perspective the 10 most essential actions schools, school districts, and law enforcement agencies can take to prevent mass casualty attacks in our nation's schools and, when prevention is not enough, to respond rapidly and effectively to end the threat as quickly as possible to save lives. While the cost associated with some of these strategies may be significant, for others it is relatively modest. It should be noted that critical actions described in this document are applicable not only to school shootings but also to all areas of school safety, including weather disasters and traumatic events such as student suicide."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2020
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United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC) Arson Incident Report 2016
From the Executive Summary: "The 2016 'Arson Incident Report (AIR)' is an informational product prepared by the United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC), using incident data reported in the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS) by its nearly 2,500 interagency partners and 12,153 registered users. This report examines the total number of fire-related incidents reported in BATS for calendar year 2016 and includes 'Incendiary (Arson), Undetermined, Accidental' and 'Natural' fire-related incidents. It is important to note that BATS is a real-time dynamic incident management system that 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 individual records. The reader should also be aware that when compared to the data reflected in the Uniform Crime Report and/or National Fire Incident Reporting System, the number of incidents reflected in BATS captures approximately 20 percent of the annual incendiary (arson) fires reported. Due to this limited dataset, the USBDC cautions the use of this report for analytical purposes."
United States Bomb Data Center; United States. Department of Justice
2016
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United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC) Arson Incident Report 2018
From the Executive Summary: "The '2018 Arson Incident Report (AIR)' is an informational product prepared by the United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC), using incident data reported in the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS) by its nearly 2,764 interagency partners and 13,059 registered users. This report examines the total number of fire-related incidents reported in BATS for calendar year 2018 and includes 'Incendiary (Arson), Undetermined, Accidental' and 'Natural' fire-related incidents. [...] From January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018, BATS captured a total of 22,723 fire-related incidents. Of these, there were 6,532 incidents reported as 'Incendiary or Arson,' which accounted for 29 percent of all the fires reported. The total amount of damages for all fire types was estimated at more than $882 million, with 1,225 injuries and 643 fatalities associated with the 22,723 reported fires. 'Available Combustibles' was identified as the most widely utilized incendiary fire subtype, while 'Residential' was identified as the most targeted property type."
United States Bomb Data Center; United States. Department of Justice
2019?
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United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC) Arson Incident Report 2019
From the Executive Summary: "The '2019 Arson Incident Report (AIR)' is an informational product prepared by the United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC), using incident data reported in the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS) by its nearly 2,529 interagency partners and 12,515 registered users. This report examines the total number of fire‐related incidents reported in BATS for calendar year 2019 and includes 'Incendiary (Arson), Undetermined, Accidental', and 'Natural' fire‐related incidents. New to the report this year are fire‐related 'Threats' and 'Wildland' fire incidents. From January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, BATS captured a total of 23,712 fire‐related incidents. [...] Of these, there were 6,717 incidents reported as 'Incendiary or Arson,' which accounted for 28 percent of all the fires reported. The total amount of damages for all fire types was estimated at more than $952 million, with 999 injuries and 547 fatalities associated with the 23,712 reported fire‐related incidents. 'Available Combustibles' was identified as the most widely utilized incendiary fire subtype, while 'Residential' was identified as the most targeted property type."
United States Bomb Data Center; United States. Department of Justice
2020?
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Guide to Conducting Privacy Impact Assessments for State, Local, and Tribal Information Sharing Initiatives [April 2009]
"Greater information-sharing capabilities and opportunities are accompanied by equally greater responsibilities for protecting the privacy of the information being used and exchanged. [...]. To assist with this critical but often daunting task, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), via the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global), is creating tools and resources to help state, local, and tribal practitioners develop privacy policies. This Guide adds another resource to that toolkit, providing a methodology for state, local, and tribal information-sharing initiatives to analyze risks related to ensuring the privacy of the personally identifiable data that they collect. This risk assessment--more commonly known as a privacy impact assessment or PIA--is a crucial first step in successful privacy policy development."
United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative; United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Justice
2009-04
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DHS/DOJ Fusion Process Technical Assistance Program and Services: Considerations for Fusion Center and Emergency Operations Center Coordination: Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 502
"This document provides State and Major Urban Area fusion center and EOC [Emergency Operations Center] officials with guidance for coordination between fusion centers and EOCs. It outlines the roles of fusion centers and EOCs within the fusion process and provides steps by which these entities can work together to share information and intelligence on an ongoing basis. This guide supports the implementation of the Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers and, likewise, assists EOCs fill their missions in both steady state and active state emergency operations, as supported by the CPG 601: Design and Management of Emergency Operations Centers. This CPG provides guidance on the broad capability requirements of an EOC."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
2010-05
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Common Competencies for State, Local, and Tribal Intelligence Analysts
"The Common Competencies for State, Local, and Tribal Intelligence Analysts identifies common analytic competencies that should be exhibited by state, local, and tribal intelligence analysts working in state or major urban area fusion centers or similar analytic law enforcement entities. These competencies are essential for analysts to effectively perform their job duties and are required in their unique operating environments."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
2010-06
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Fact Sheet: Enhancing the Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Framework for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers
"Over the past three years, federal, state, and local officials have worked tirelessly to ensure that robust privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections are integrated into fusion center policies and business processes. These efforts have included developing Baseline Capabilities and model privacy policy templates and providing training and subject-matter expertise to fusion centers."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
2010
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Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Compliance Verification for the Intelligence Enterprise
"The Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Compliance Verification for the Intelligence Enterprise, developed by the U.S. Department of Justice's Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative, assists law enforcement agencies in determining whether they are in compliance with applicable privacy-related policies, procedures, rules, and guidelines. Background: The extensive growth of intelligence and information sharing has brought a renewed emphasis on the importance of protecting privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. Compliance reviews and audits have become a necessary tool for agencies to use in order to identify high-risk operational and management issues dealing with privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties, particularly with the recent development of fusion centers. This resource was developed to assist intelligence enterprises with ensuring compliance with all applicable privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protection laws, regulations, and policies while sharing intelligence and information needed to safeguard America. [...]. Contents: The document includes a suggested methodology for conducting the review of an agency's intelligence enterprise and identifies the high-liability areas of concern that should be included when performing the review. The document also contains a suggested list of questions to answer when conducting the compliance process but may not cover all laws, policies, and procedures that are applicable to a particular state or agency. Agencies are encouraged to add questions or enhance sections to include questions/ items that may be applicable to their particular jurisdiction's rules, standards, or policies, thereby making certain that the verification is comprehensive for their intelligence enterprise."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
2010-06
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Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR): Protection Capabilities for Fusion Centers [December 2008] [An Appendix to the 'Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers']
"This document identifies the capabilities necessary for state and major urban area fusion centers (fusion centers) to establish a critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) protection analytic capability that supports infrastructure security activities at the state and local levels. This document is an appendix to the U.S. Department of Justice's Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative's (Global) 'Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers' (Baseline Capabilities document), which defined the capabilities and standards necessary for a fusion center to be considered capable of performing basic functions (e.g., the gathering, processing, analyzing, and disseminating of terrorism, homeland security, and law enforcement information). One of the key principles of the Fusion Center Guidelines is that the mission of the center be developed locally and collaboratively to address the needs of the jurisdiction it is serving. Out of respect for that principle, the Baseline Capabilities document encourages but does not require centers to incorporate Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) activities into their mission. (See the Baseline Capabilities document, pages 1--3, for further background.) This document provides guidance for those fusion centers that have chosen to support CIP activities; it identifies the additional capabilities fusion centers should achieve in order to effectively integrate CIKR activities into their analysis and information/intelligence sharing processes and identifies how the center should support risk-reduction efforts taken by federal, state, local, and private sector partners. This document also provides the federal, state, local, and private sector officials responsible for protecting CIKR with an overview of the value in working with their local fusion center and how they can better integrate their CIP-related activities with the efforts of the fusion center."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
2008-12
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Health Security: Public Health and Medical Integration for Fusion Centers: An Appendix to the Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers
"This document identifies the recommended actions for state and major urban area fusion centers (fusion centers) to integrate the public health and health care (PH/ HC) community into the fusion process. Development of this capability will inform local, state, and national prevention, protection, response, and recovery activities that support and maintain the health security of the homeland. This document is an appendix to the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative's (Global) Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers (Baseline Capabilities document), which defines the capabilities and provides guidance necessary for a fusion center to be considered capable of performing basic functions of the fusion process (i.e., the gathering, processing, analysis, and dissemination of terrorism, homeland security, and law enforcement information). This document does not identify additional capabilities for fusion centers. Rather, for fusion centers that choose to develop and support a health security capability, it identifies how the centers can effectively integrate the information, resources, personnel, and expertise of the PH/HC community into their existing analysis and information/intelligence sharing processes to assist the center in achieving its mission. This document also provides federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector PH/HC organizations with an overview of the mutual value of working with their fusion center and the many opportunities for establishing relationships with the fusion center."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Justice; United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
2011-07
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Recommendations for First Amendment-Protected Events for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
"As articulated in the United States Constitution, one of the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment is the right of persons and groups to assemble peacefully. Whether demonstrating, counterprotesting, or showing support for a cause, individuals and groups have the right to peacefully gather. Law enforcement, in turn, has the responsibility to ensure public safety while protecting the privacy and associated rights of individuals. To support agencies as they fulfill their public safety responsibilities, the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC) developed this paper to provide guidance and recommendations to state and local law enforcement officers in understanding their role in First Amendment-protected events. This paper is divided into three areas, designed to provide in-depth guidance for law enforcement."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
2011-12
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Law Enforcement Guidelines for First Amendment-Protected Events
"The purpose of this paper is to provide greater awareness and understanding of the appropriate role of law enforcement in events and demonstrations where First Amendment rights are involved. This paper provides guidance and recommendations to law enforcement officers as they prepare for, respond to, and follow up with events, activities, and assemblies that are protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. As officers address these types of events, the three-stage process identified in this paper should be incorporated into agency policies, manuals, and/or directives. This process, while focusing on law enforcement's response to First Amendment events and activities, is not designed to limit the ability of officers to engage in normal criminal investigations or public safety missions. A law enforcement agency may have special rules and procedures governing the levels of review and approval required to engage in preliminary or full investigations or other activities discussed herein; as such, officers should be aware of and understand these rules and procedures."
United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative; United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Justice
2011-10
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Eastern Pennsylvania Drug and Gang Threat Assessment 2011
"The influence of New York area (New York City and northern New Jersey) drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) and gangs reaches nearly every sizable drug market in eastern Pennsylvania. a Dominican DTOs and gangs are the most active of these groups, and their influence within the region is increasing except in select drug markets where Mexican DTOs are dominant and growing. [...] The National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) assesses with high confidence that the influence of Mexican DTOs will increase in eastern Pennsylvania drug markets, spurred by the ability of these groups to supply the markets with cocaine shipments directly from the Southwest Border area and supported by growing Mexican populations in the region, which they use as cover to mask their operations. Furthermore, NDIC assesses with moderate confidence that incidents of drug-related violence against law enforcement officers will increase, as evidenced by rising levels of aggression by some gang members. NDIC assesses with high confidence that heroin use will increase in the near term as high availability and low prices encourage an increasing prescription opioid abuser population to transition to heroin. Finally, NDIC assesses with high confidence that members affiliated with New York area gangs will move farther into Pennsylvania drug markets--including those in central and western Pennsylvania--where drug prices are higher and where smaller communities often lack the law enforcement strength to deter highly organized drug distribution groups."
United States. Department of Justice; National Gang Intelligence Center (U.S.); National Drug Intelligence Center (U.S.)
2011-03
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Safety, Health, and Wellness Strategic Research Plan: 2016-2021
"NIJ [National Institute of Justice] has developed the Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System Strategic Research Plan to describe the current and projected efforts of NIJ to promote the safety, health, and wellness of individuals affected by, or employed within, the criminal justice system. This document will be of interest to researchers (academic, governmental, and industry); federal, state, local, and international government partners; and justice policymakers and practitioner communities. Findings from activities that fall within this strategic research plan will be disseminated among these constituents and partners in ways designed to achieve the greatest impact."
United States. Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice (U.S.); United States. Department of Justice
2016-08
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Role of Technology in Youth Harassment Victimization
"This bulletin discusses key findings from the Technology Harassment Victimization
study that the National Institute of Justice sponsored. It is a follow-up study to the
second National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV II) that the Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention sponsored. The study, conducted between
December 2013 and March 2014, examined technology-involved harassment within the
context of other types of youth victimization and risk factors to improve current policy and
practice regarding the issue."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Mitchell, Kimberly J.; Jones, Lisa (Lisa M.); Turner, Heather A. . . .
2016-11
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Hiring for the 21st Century Law Enforcement Officer: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies for Success
"The Final Report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing noted that the quality of American policing depends upon the quality of its officers and stressed the importance of hiring individuals who reflect the diversity and values of the community - and also have the character and social skills to positively engage with it. This was emphasized in a later task force meeting with President Obama, who asked the COPS [Community Oriented Policing Services] Office to explore promising practices and policies for hiring and retaining officers who meet these requirements. In response, the COPS Office and the Police Executive Research Forum hosted the Hiring for the 21st Century Law Enforcement Officer forum. This report details the discussions and recommendations of the forum, which included experts in police standards, screening, and hiring. Their insights and recommendations in areas such as psychological screening, educational requirements, promotion policies, and methods for retaining the best officers can be of great value to Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) commissions, HR [Human Resources], and agency executives."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Police Executive Research Forum
Morison, Kevin P.
2017
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Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA): A Guide on SORNA Implementation in Indian Country
"SORNA refers to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, which is Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248). SORNA provides a comprehensive set of minimum standards for sex offender registration and notification in the United States. SORNA aims to close potential gaps and loopholes that existed under prior law and strengthens the nationwide network of sex offender registration and notification programs. Specifically, SORNA: Extends the jurisdictions in which registration is required beyond the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the principal U.S. territories, to also include certain federally recognized Indian tribes; Incorporates a comprehensive group of sex offenders and sex offenses for which registration is required; Requires sex offenders to register and keep their registration current in each jurisdiction in which they reside, work, or go to school; Requires sex offenders to provide more extensive registration information; Establishes a three tier framework for classifying sex offenders; Requires sex offenders to make periodic in-person appearances to verify and update their registration information; Expands the amount of information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders; Changes the required minimum duration of registration for sex offenders; and Creates a new federal offense for failure to register."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART)
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Deadly Calls and Fatal Encounters: Analysis of U.S. Law Enforcement Line of Duty Deaths When Officers Responded to Dispatched Calls for Service and Conducted Enforcement (2010-2014)
"In 2015, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice COPS office to study officer line-of duty deaths. This report is a five-year study analyzing line-of-duty deaths in which a total of 684 cases were reviewed. Specifically, the analysis focused on cases that involved a dispatched call for service which required a police response and what information was made available to responding officers in the deadliest calls for service. Armed with this information, researchers were then tasked with determining if any commonalities existed that could be utilized as learning tools to prevent future deadly calls or fatal encounters. Some key findings from this report reveal 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. In addition, researchers discovered that officers were slain with handguns in 71% of all cases studied and that in 45% of all the cases in which officers were responding to a dispatched call for service that ended in a fatality, the officers had been advised the suspect(s) might be armed, or had made prior threats. Based on the results of the analysis of these fatal incidents, it is clear that agencies must strive to improve the information sharing between dispatchers and all responding officers. Better information regarding the location and its call history, as well as any other details of the call, must be made readily available."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
Breul, Nick; Keith, Mike
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Dot Cybersecurity Incident Handling And Reporting Is Ineffective and Incomplete
"The number of cyber incidents reported by Federal agencies has increased significantly over the last several years. For example, in 2014, the Department of Transportation (DOT) experienced over 2,200 incidents that affected its operations. These incidents have also increased in breadth and depth throughout the Federal Government. In June 2015, the Office of Personnel Management reported that two intrusions alone were so large that they had possibly compromised the information of approximately 22 million current and former Federal employees and contractors. An effective response to cyber incidents minimizes disruptions to information systems and data losses. We self-initiated this audit because of DOT's large number of information systems that contain sensitive data. Our audit objective was to determine whether DOT has effective cyber security monitoring in place for its networks and information systems. Specifically, we assessed DOT's policies and procedures for (1) monitoring, detecting, and eradicating cyber incidents, and (2) reporting incidents and their resolutions to appropriate authorities. We conducted our work in accordance with generally accepted Government auditing standards. We reviewed policy documentation, including the Department's Cyber Security Incident Response Plan (IRP). We interviewed personnel in the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), personnel at the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic Organization, subject matter experts at the Cyber Security Management Center's (CSMC) Security Operations Center, and staff at FAA's National Airspace System's (NAS) Cyber Operations (NCO) and DOT's Common Operating Environment (COE). During these interviews, we were briefed on the processes for detecting and handling incidents. See exhibit A for additional details on our scope and methodology."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Inspector General; United States. Department of Transportation
2016-10-13
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Radicalization and Violent Extremism: Lessons Learned From Canada, the U.K. and the U.S.
"From July 28 to July 30, 2015, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) of the U.S. Department of Justice hosted a conference that brought together practitioners working on countering violent extremism (CVE) programs in the United Kingdom (U.K.), Canada, and the United States (U.S.); researchers from Canada's 'Kanishka Project,' the U.K.'s 'Arc of Terrorism' program, and the U.K. Home Office's 'Prevention Research' efforts; and research programs sponsored by NIJ and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In addition to highlighting the latest results from scientific studies on radicalization to violent extremism, the conference provided researchers and practitioners with the opportunity to discuss how the findings may be applied in the field and to identify questions and challenges that remain to be addressed."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
2015-07-30
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Kansas City Gun Experiment
"Discussed in this Brief: An evaluation of a police patrol project to reduce gun violence, driveby shootings, and homicides in a patrol beat where the homicide rate was 20 times higher than the national average. Key issues: Gun crime is rising rapidly nationwide, while other types of crime are falling. The need for strategies to control gun crime is critical. If police could get more guns off the street, would there be fewer gun crimes? This was the question posed by the Kansas City program. Key findings: The results of the evaluation indicate that directed police patrols in gun crime 'hot spots' can reduce gun crimes by increasing the seizures of illegally carried guns."
United States. Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice (U.S.); United States. Department of Justice
Sherman, Lawrence W.; Shaw, James W.; Rogan, Dennis P.
1995-01
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Policing Issues in Garrison Communities
"In garrison communities, police agencies must have similar understandings with military organizations, just as they do with their neighboring police agencies, regarding active shooter incidents and other issues that may require joint responses. In an effort to help these agencies achieve such goals and objectives, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), in partnership with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), held a meeting on October 15, 2015 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a city that borders Fort Bragg, one of the largest U.S. Army installations in the nation. There, civilian law enforcement officials and their military partners discussed promising practices for policing garrison communities and introduced recommendations for future engagement and partnerships. Participants discussed a number of issues that require joint civilian and military police cooperation and innovation, including the response to active shooter scenarios and other critical incidents; interoperability of radios and communications equipment; and law enforcement responses to persons with mental illness, drug abuse, and human trafficking for purposes of prostitution. This publication serves as a summary of that conference and outlines the major challenges that police agencies highlighted as consequences of adjoining a major military base. Additionally, this report presents promising practices shared by participants and recommendations for improving coordination between civilian and military agencies."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Police Executive Research Forum
Brunner, Margaret
2016
