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Privacy and Civil Liberties Policy Development Guide and Implementation Templates
"This Privacy and Civil Liberties Policy Development Guide and Implementation Templates was developed through a collaborative effort of the Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group (GPIQWG) of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global). Global serves as a Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) and advises the U.S. Attorney General on justice information sharing and integration initiatives. Global supports the initiatives of DOJ and aids Global member organizations and the people they serve through a series of important collaborative efforts. These include the facilitation of Global working groups. GPIQWG is one of four various Global working groups covering critical topics such as intelligence, privacy, and standards. GPIQWG assists government agencies, institutions, and other justice entities in ensuring that personally identifiable information is appropriately collected, used, and disseminated within integrated justice information systems. GPIQWG addresses accuracy and reliability issues involved in updating criminal history records with subsequent events (e.g., prosecution, adjudication) when those events cannot be linked to an arrest notation previously entered into the criminal history repository. This work includes exploring biometrics technologies and addressing the privacy, civil liberties, and information quality issues these technologies present. In order to formulate a unified and comprehensive approach to privacy, civil liberties, and information quality issues, GPIQWG actively coordinates with the other Global working groups."
United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
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Misuse and Abuse of 911
This guide addresses the problem of misuse and abuse of 911. It begins by describing the problem and its scope. It then identifies a series of questions to help you analyze your local problem, and discusses potential responses to it. There is little evaluative research on 911 misuse and abuse. The responses suggested are based on sound problem-oriented policing principles, but as new phone technology poses additional challenges, some responses have yet to be tested. Thus, this guide is mainly intended to describe an urgent problem and encourage police agencies to analyze and address it.
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Sampson, Rana
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Ransomware: What it is and What to Do About it
From the Document: "This document is a U.S. government interagency technical guidance document aimed to inform Chief Information Officers and Chief Information Security Officers at critical infrastructure entities, including small, medium and large sized organizations. This document provides an aggregate of already existing Federal government and private industry best practices and mitigation strategies focused on the prevention and response to ransomware incidents."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; North Carolina. Department of Health and Human Services; United States. Department of Justice
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U.S. Department of Justice: Documents and Resources from the January 20, 2011 'La Cosa Nostra' Press Conference
"The documents contained on this page are copies of indictments made against members of the La Cosa Nostra crime enterprise by the United States of America. 'La Cosa Nostra was an organized criminal group that operated in the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere. La Cosa Nostra operated through organized crime families… The principle purpose of La Cosa Nostra and each of its crime families was to generate money for its members and associates. This purpose was implemented by members and associates of the crime families through various criminal activities, including drug trafficking, robbery, extortion, illegal gambling and loansharking, as well as threatening economic injury and physical violence, including murder.' The documents listed on this page are records of the individual court cases made against the La Cosa Nostra members, and include; U.S. v. Alesi et al, U.S. v. Balzano and Collina, U.S. v. Caramanica et al, U.S. v. Caramanica Detention Memo, U.S. v. Cicalese et al, U.S. v. Colandra, U.S. v. Depiro et al, U.S. v. Depiro Detention Memo, U.S. v. Dragonetti et al, U.S. v. Dragonetti Detention Memo, U.S. v. Gallo, U.S. v. Gioia and Larosa, U.S. v. Messina et al, U.S. v. Russo et al, U.S. v. Russo Detention Memo, U.S. v. Samperi,U.S. v. Vernace,U.S. v. Vernace Detention Memo, U.S. v. Manocchio and Iafrate, U.S. v. Corozzo et al,U.S. v. Cipolla et al."
United States. Department of Justice
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Immigration Court Practice Manual
"In 2006, the Attorney General instructed the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, in consultation with the Immigration Judges, to issue a practice manual for the parties who appear before the Immigration Courts. This directive arose out of the public's desire for greater uniformity in Immigration Court procedures and a call for the Immigration Courts to implement their 'best practices' nationwide. Accordingly, the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge published the Immigration Court Practice Manual in February 2008. The Practice Manual is a comprehensive guide that sets forth uniform procedures, recommendations, and requirements for practice before the Immigration Courts. The requirements set forth in this manual are binding on the parties who appear before the Immigration Courts, unless the Immigration Judge directs otherwise in a particular case. The Practice Manual does not limit the discretion of Immigration Judges to act in accordance with law and regulation. The Practice Manual is intended to be a 'living document,' and the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge updates it in response to changes in law and policy, as well as in response to comments by the parties using it."
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
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Board of Immigration Appeals: Practice Manual
"This manual describes procedures, requirements, and recommendations for practice before the Board of Immigration Appeals. This manual is provided for the information and convenience of the general public and for parties that appear before the Board."
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
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Executive Office for Immigration Review [website]
"The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) was created on January 9, 1983, through an internal Department of Justice (DOJ) reorganization which combined the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) with the Immigration Judge function previously performed by the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) (now part of the Department of Homeland Security). Besides establishing EOIR as a separate agency within DOJ, this reorganization made the Immigration Courts independent of INS, the agency charged with enforcement of Federal immigration laws. The Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) was added in 1987. EOIR is also separate from the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices in the DOJ Civil Rights Division and the Office of Immigration Litigation in the DOJ Civil Division. As an office within the Department of Justice, EOIR is headed by a Director who reports directly to the Deputy Attorney General. Its headquarters are located in Falls Church, Virginia, about 10 miles from downtown Washington, DC."
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
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Office of Tribal Justice [website]
"The Office of Tribal Justice is the primary point of contact for the Department of Justice with federally recognized Native American tribes, and advises the Department on legal and policy matters pertaining to Native Americans. The Office of Tribal Justice provides a single point of contact within the Department for meeting the broad and complex federal responsibilities owed to federally recognized Indian tribes. OTJ also promotes internal uniformity of Department policies and litigating positions relating to Indian country, advises Department components litigating, protecting or otherwise addressing Native American rights and/or related issues, ensures that the Department clearly communicates policies and positions to tribal leaders, maintains liaison with federally recognized tribes, and work with the appropriate federal, state, and local officials, professional associations, and public interest groups, and coordinates, together with the Office of Legislative Affairs, the Department's legislative efforts relating to Indian country."
United States. Department of Justice
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Community Policing for Mayors: A Municipal Service Model for Policing and Beyond
"Community policing focuses on crime and social disorder through the delivery of police services that includes aspects of traditional law enforcement, as well as prevention, problem-solving, community engagement, and partnerships. The community policing model balances reactive responses to calls for service with proactive problem-solving centered on the causes of crime and disorder. Community policing requires police and citizens to join together as partners in the course of both identifying and effectively addressing these issues. Many local leaders and community members ask if their agency is a community policing agency. A common lament- and in reality a widespread misperception- is that community policing sounds great in concept, but in practice is vaguely defined. In fact, the specific operational activities that are consistent with and support community policing are clear and well known. Although policing is a diverse profession that is practiced differently throughout the nation, the chances are that your agency already possesses and promotes many practices that directly support community policing principles. Common strategies include conducting citizen surveys or other means of outreach to help identify what crime and disorder problems are priorities for citizens."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Chapman, Robert; Scheider, Matthew
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Crime Analysis and Crime Mapping Information Clearinghouse (8th Edition)
"The clearinghouse provides a comprehensive list of bibliographic and Internet resources that may be useful to practitioners and researchers interested in the disciplines of problem analysis, crime analysis, and crime mapping. The bibliographic references are composed of books, articles, and reports that relate to topics such as crime analysis, problem solving, geographic information systems (GIS), crime mapping, and Internet mapping. This particular edition includes over 130 new references and two new resource categories including 'Journey to Crime' and 'Crime Forecasting.' The Internet resources provided at the end of the document include links to additional sources of information concerning crime analysis and crime mapping."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
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Leadership in Victim Services
"The discipline of victims' rights and services has benefited from strong leadership over the past thirty years- from victims who have experienced tremendous personal tragedy; from service providers who have effected significant changes in laws and polices to benefit victims; and from local, state, and federal government officials who have made victims' rights and services a priority. This chapter offers a broad overview of styles, qualities, and processes, and provides concrete examples of leaders in America who have overcome considerable obstacles to make a difference in the world."
United States. Department of Justice
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Maintaining First Amendment Rights and Public Safety in North Minneapolis: An After-Action Assessment of the Police Response to Protests, Demonstrations, and Occupation of the Minneapolis Police Department's Fourth Precinct
From the executive summary: "This COPS [Community Oriented Policing Services] Office Critical Incident Review (CIR) of the 18-day occupation of the front lawn and the street in front of the MPD [Minneapolis Police Department] Fourth Precinct, completed by the Police Foundation, provides a comprehensive overview of the occupation from the perspectives of the MPD, elected leaders, demonstrators, and community members. The CIR identifies findings and recommendations as they relate to the response in Minneapolis, but apply more generally to civil disturbances across the nation. While the authors understand the unique set of circumstances that surround the protests and occupation of the Fourth Precinct, they also understand that the decision-making framework for the police response to this incident can and should be reviewed within the context of other significant incidents to identify important lessons that can be applied if a similar event occurs in another city, as well as to critical incidents more generally. The findings and recommendations in this report center on leadership; command and control; response to civil disorder; accountability and transparency; internal communications; public information and media; use of force; intelligence gathering; training; equipment and tools for managing demonstrations; officer safety, wellness, and resilience; and community engagement and relationships."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Straub, Frank; Aden, Hassan; Brown, Jeffrey, 1961- . . .
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Citizens Helping Fire and Emergency Medical Services
"Information on how citizens can help the Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department. Fire Corps is the key component of Citizen Corps that supports and supplements resource constrained fire and EMS departments through the use of citizen advocates for non-operational activities. Fire Corps provides information to fire and EMS departments nationwide on how to implement a citizen advocate program and promote it in their community."
United States. Department of Justice
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Cybercrime.gov [website]
"The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) [of the Department of Justice] is responsible for implementing the Department's national strategies in combating computer and intellectual property crimes worldwide. CCIPS prevents, investigates, and prosecutes computer crimes by working with other government agencies, the private sector, academic institutions, and foreign counterparts. Section attorneys work to improve the domestic and international infrastructure-legal, technological, and operational-to pursue network criminals most effectively."
United States. Department of Justice. Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
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Department of Justice [website]
The official site of the U.S. Department of Justice contains an extensive amount of information on USDOJ organization, mission and function statements, and major investigative agencies. It also contains a number of legal documents and reports from the many divisions of the Department of Justice and provides regular press releases.
United States. Department of Justice
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COPS: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services [website]
As a component of the Justice Department, the mission of the COPS Office is to advance community policing in jurisdictions of all sizes across the country. Community policing represents a shift from more traditional law enforcement in that it focuses on prevention of crime and the fear of crime on a very local basis. COPS provides grants to tribal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to hire and train community policing professionals, acquire and deploy cutting-edge crime-fighting technologies, and develop and test innovative policing strategies. COPS-funded training helps advance community policing at all levels of law enforcement - from line officers to law enforcement executives - as well as others in the criminal justice field.
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
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Federal Intervention in Local Policing: Pittsburgh's Experience with a Consent Decree
"When something goes seriously wrong in one of the nation's nearly 18,000 local police agencies, usually it is local officials who are responsible for fixing the problem. But when the local political process cannot resolve problems of police misconduct, the federal courts and the U. S. Department of Justice have a variety of powers that allow them to intervene. Congress expanded those powers in 1994, giving the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department the authority to file civil law suits against states and municipalities in the face of a 'pattern or practice' of illegal or unconstitutional police actions. In the decade since it received that new authority, the Department of Justice has investigated police practices in jurisdictions from New York to California. In some cases, the Department of Justice filed lawsuits, but none of these cases went to trial. Instead, six local governments to date have settled these cases through one or more consent decrees. Nine other investigations avoided litigation entirely when the parties signed a memorandum of agreement or understanding. Both the consent decrees and the memorandum agreements generally outline a specific series of reforms that the police department must implement, and most provide for a federal monitor to oversee compliance."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Davis, Robert C.; Henderson, Nicole J.; Mandelstam, Janet
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Threatplan.org [website]
"The Bomb Threat CD-ROM was developed by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. The Bomb Threat CD-ROM is a free interactive planning tool for schools that included staff training presentation and implementation resources. ATF will distribute the CD-ROM to State and local law enforcement and public safety agencies and the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools will handle distribution to the country's public and private school systems."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Department of Education
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Disaster Fraud Task Force [website]
"The Disaster Fraud Task Force was established to deter, detect, and prosecute instances of fraud related to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. As multiple disasters occurred in subsequent years, the Task Force expanded its mandate to all types of disaster fraud. The Task Force [combats] all types of fraud relating to disasters and their aftermath, with an emphasis on charity fraud, emergency-benefit fraud, identity theft, insurance fraud, and procurement fraud. The Task Force includes the Criminal Division, United States Attorneys' Offices, the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation], the Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, federal Inspectors General, and various representatives of state and local law enforcement. The Task Force is coordinating on the federal, state, and local levels with law enforcement and with other entities involved in the relief and reconstruction effort. This website will allow you to find current information on the work and progress of the Task Force."
United States. Department of Justice
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Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) [website]
"The VIPS Program provides support and resources for agencies interested in developing or enhancing a volunteer program and for citizens who wish to volunteer their time and skills with a community law enforcement agency. The program's ultimate goal is to enhance the capacity of state and local law enforcement to utilize volunteers."
United States. Department of Justice; International Association of Chiefs of Police
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Tribal Justice and Safety [website]
The Tribal Justice and Safety website is a comprehensive resource for American Indian and Alaska Native tribal communities to help improve public safety. It includes resources addressing a range of important issues including: law enforcement policy and personnel; communications and consultation; grants and technical assistance; detention facilities; federal prosecution in Indian country; tribal court development; domestic violence; drug courts and substance abuse; federal litigation involving tribes; and civil rights.
United States. Department of Justice
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Operation Partnership: Trends and Practices in Law Enforcement and Private Security Collaborations, Executive Summary
"Operation Partnership, a project sponsored by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (the COPS Office), addressed a key recommendation of the COPS/ International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) National Policy Summit to examine law enforcement-private security (LE-PS) partnerships and develop guidelines for forming and sustaining them. The project updated and expanded an earlier effort, Operation Cooperation, which was completed in 2000. Importance of Collaboration. Private security addresses crimes and public safety issues that law enforcement cannot handle alone because it lacks the human resources, mandate, or technology. LE-PS partnerships have existed for 30 years, but the need for LE-PS collaboration became more evident after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. With 85 percent of the nation's critical infrastructure owned by the private sector, police and private security must work jointly to protect these resources as well as to address other crime problems. Major Tasks and Products. The Operation Partnership team identified 450 LE-PS partnerships nationwide through surveys, literature reviews, and referrals; interviewed more than 50 partnership leaders; and analyzed trends, assisted by expert advisors and focus groups. The full report includes many partnership examples, offers guidelines for operating LE-PS partnerships, and is serving as the basis for online training being developed under a separate COPS Office grant."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Law Enforcement-Private Security Consortium
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Department of Justice Strategic Plan For Information Services and Technology: Fiscal Years 2015-2018
From the Message from the CIO: " I am proud to present the Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) Strategic Plan for Information Services and Technology. While the Department has a varied and wide-ranging mission, its core objective is to protect the American people. Information and Technology have an important and powerful role to advance, protect, and serve the DOJ mission. This plan outlines how we will support achievement of the DOJ mission and will guide the organization's initiatives and activities for the next three years. Faced with the challenges of increasingly frequent and complex cyber threats and an uncertain budget climate, Information Technology (IT) must adapt and transform to act efficiently, serve in new roles, and enable Components to focus their time and resources on unique mission-critical activities. Along with these challenges, we can take advantage of exciting mobile applications and productivity tools. These new technologies promise to spur innovation, improve mission performance, and better support collaboration between the DOJ workforce and our mission partners. To realize our vision, we will build upon our three pillars: advance, protect, and serve. These pillars outline the high-level objectives for the five strategic goals in this document. This plan reflects our excitement and affirms our commitment to be a strong business partner to the enterprise, improve the quality of services we provide, ensure these services are secure and always available, and support the critical mission of the Department of Justice."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Chief Information Officer
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Role of State and Local Law Enforcement at First Amendment Events Reference Card
This reference card details the First Amendment Rights of participants, as well as what officers should and should not do during a demonstration.
United States. Department of Justice
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Audit of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Grants and Office of Justice Programs Subgrants Awarded to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
From the Executive Description: "The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Audit Division, has completed a follow-up audit of the Methamphetamine Initiative Grants awarded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN). In December 2005, the OIG completed an audit of the MBN's performance under COPS' Methamphetamine Grants awarded to the MBN to assist state and local law enforcement agencies in reducing the production, distribution, and use of methamphetamine. Our 2005 audit found the MBN to be in material non-compliance with the terms and conditions of the COPS Methamphetamine Initiative grant guidelines. The MBN's grant drawdowns could not be reconciled to the financial system reports or accounting records. As a result of the non-compliance, the OIG questioned $1,968,775 in grant payments received by the MBN and recommended an additional $98,127 in funds put to better use. To evaluate the actions taken by the MBN to address the recommendations from our 2005 audit, we performed this follow-up audit on the MBN's management of the 2008 and 2009 COPS' Methamphetamine grants awarded to the MBN since our original audit. We also audited the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) subgrants awarded to the MBN."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Inspector General
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Commonly Asked Questions About the Americans with Disabilities Act and Law Enforcement
"Police officers, sheriff's deputies, and other law enforcement personnel have always interacted with persons with disabilities and, for many officers and deputies, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) may mean few changes in the way they respond to the public. To respond to questions that may arise, this document offers common sense suggestions to assist law enforcement agencies in complying with the ADA. The examples presented are drawn from real-life situations as described by police officers or encountered by the Department of Justice in its enforcement of the ADA."
United States. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division
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Global Illicit Trade in Tobacco: A Threat to National Security
"Like other forms of illicit trade, the illicit trade in tobacco products,
commonly referred to as cigarette smuggling, is a growing threat to
U.S. national interests. Internationally, it fuels transnational crime,
corruption, and terrorism. As it converges with other criminal activities
it undermines the rule of law and the licit market economy, and creates
greater insecurity and instability in many of today's security "hot spots"
around the world. Illicit tobacco provides a significant revenue stream
to illicit actors without the high risks and punishments associated with
trafficking in narcotics or humans."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Health and Human Services; United States. Department of State . . .
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Department of Justice Policy Guidance: Use of Cell-Site Simulator Technology
"Cell-site simulator technology provides valuable assistance in support of important public safety objectives. Whether deployed as part of a fugitive apprehension effort, a complex narcotics investigation, or to locate or rescue a kidnapped child, cell-site simulators fulfill critical operational needs. As with any law enforcement capability, the Department must use cell-site simulators in a manner that is consistent with the requirements and protections of the Constitution, including the Fourth Amendment, and applicable statutory authorities, including the Pen Register Statute. Moreover, any information resulting from the use of cell-site simulators must be handled in a way that is consistent with the array of applicable statutes, regulations, and policies that guide law enforcement in how it may and may not collect, retain, and disclose data. As technology evolves, the Department must continue to assess its tools to ensure that practice and applicable policies reflect the Department's law enforcement and national security missions, as well as the Department's commitments to accord appropriate respect for individuals' privacy and civil liberties. This policy provides additional guidance and establishes common principles for the use of cell-site simulators across the Department. The Department's individual law enforcement components may issue additional specific guidance consistent with this policy."
United States. Department of Justice
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Overview of Offender Reentry
"The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the offender reentry literature, offender outcomes, and the reentry initiatives that may work to improve public safety. NIJ [National Institute of Justice] investments will be noted and appropriate references provided."
United States. Department of Justice; National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
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Protecting Your Community from Terrorism: Strategies for Local Law Enforcement - Vol. 5: Partnerships to Promote Homeland Security
"This white paper--the fifth in a series--is based on the thoughtful contributions of many experts in policing, counterterrorism and other related fields. We thank those individuals, from every level of government, who came together in an executive session supported by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to create the foundation for this writing. Those participants (listed in Appendix A) demonstrated that a tremendous amount of progress could be made when you get the right people in a room who are candid and tremendously knowledgeable. Any value this paper has to the field is due to their contributions."
Police Executive Research Forum; United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Davies, Heather J.; Plotkin, Martha R.
