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This resource provides guidance on how the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) may impact law enforcement, firefighters, and other first responders and how BJA's Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program is addressing claims based on COVID-19 exposure.
The Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC), in partnership with the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and eight other leading law enforcement agencies, recently released a COVID-19 resource library for law enforcement agencies. The library is a compilation of resources to assist in informing your agency response to COVID-19. This library is designed for reference purposes only with resources shared by the field of law… Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) examines key areas for community policing. These areas include de-escalation; crisis intervention; first-line supervisors; early intervention systems; internal affairs; recruitment, hiring, promotion, and retention; and data systems. New and seasoned law enforcement executives as well as the personnel who work for chiefs and sheriffs have a responsibility to engage in ongoing, collaborative, and… Read More
The Minority Youth Violence Prevention Initiative seeks to engage public health organizations, law enforcement agencies, schools, juvenile justice agencies, and community-based groups to curb violence in minority communities across the United States and reduce disparities in access to public health. In conjunction with a COPS Office-funded report that identified challenges and lessons learned at nine sites funded by the U.S.
Gang crime and violence remain pressing problems in communities. Researchers are exploring whether Functional Family Therapy, an evidence-based program demonstrated to reduce delinquency and substance abuse in a general delinquency population, can be modified for a population at risk of gang involvement or currently involved in gangs. They developed and implemented the new modified program, Functional Family Therapy–Gangs, and NIJ-funded researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial… Read More
This resource highlights some of the Bureau of Justice Assistance programs that assist law enforcement personnel and operations, including the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program, the Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program, the Strategies for Policing Innovation Program, and more.
In 2013, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) created the COPS Office Microgrant Initiative to support law enforcement in implementing innovative community policing projects. This program aims to provide up to $75,000 in small-grant seed funding to state, local, and tribal law enforcement to develop and test programs and strategies in a real-world setting. This report provides case studies of each of the 2015 microgrant projects, highlighting successful community… Read More
This resource highlights and provides information about BJA programs and initiatives that support rural and tribal justice efforts related to law enforcement, substance abuse, mental health, and behavioral health.
The National Institute of Justice invited police chiefs from across the country to attend a two-day workshop in August 2018 to pinpoint critical issues confronting law enforcement collectively. Common themes that emerged from this meeting involved law enforcements’ growing volumes of video and other digital evidence to review; the current policing environment endangering officers’ health, wellness, and performance; better strategies, tactics, and tools to improve community relations and… Read More
The National Institute of Justice convened a working group of prosecution experts to identify critical challenges facing the profession and research priorities that could offer solutions. This panel, which was composed of 10 state-level prosecutors and seven representatives of related justice entities, met in 2018 at a workshop organized on behalf of NIJ by the RAND Corporation and RTI International. This article summarizes the RAND report, Prosecutor Priorities, Challenges, and Solutions,… Read More
