2021

Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced ten new National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) sites which will work with the DOJ, local agencies and community organizations to reduce violence in areas with elevated crime rates. PSP serves as a DOJ-wide initiative which enables communities to receive coordinated training and technical assistance and an array of resources from DOJ’s programmatic and law enforcement components. The ten new cities are Antioch, California; Aurora, Colorado; Charleston/North Charleston, South Carolina; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Gary,…

Published by the White House, this key strategy document, “American Pandemic Preparedness: Transforming Our Capabilities,” outlines critical action needed to transform the United States’ “capabilities to respond rapidly and effectively to any future pandemic of high consequence biological threat.” The preparedness and response plan identifies the following five pillars as key areas requiring urgent attention in the effort to protect the country against future biological threats: Transforming our medical defenses, including dramatically improving and expanding our arsenal of vaccines, therapeutics…

Published by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Cyber Security Alliance, this toolkit is useful for government agencies and private industries alike. The toolkit provides a variety of resources to ensure that every American can stay safe and secure online, while increasing the resilience of the nation against cyber threats. Specifically, the toolkit provides the following and more: Four Weekly Key Messages – Week 1: Be Cyber Smart; Week 2: Fight the Phish!; Week 3: Explore. Experience. Share.;…

Behind every sexual assault case is a person whose life has been irrevocably altered. The first responders, law enforcement investigators, forensic nurse examiners, laboratory analysts, victim advocates, and attorneys who support and interact with victims in different ways can work together to positively impact a victim’s post-assault experience and improve healing and recovery. The Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting (SAFER) Act is focused on the accurate, timely and effective collection and processing of DNA evidence in sexual assault investigations. In…

Funded by the Office for Violence Against Women (OVW), the National Violence Against Women Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Consortium (LETTAC) Resource Center was developed for criminal justice colleagues in the field. LETTAC is a streamlined, comprehensive program for OVW grantees (and potential grantees) to request law enforcement related technical assistance tailored to their communities and priorities; access online materials and training 24/7; and stay up to date on the latest funding and other opportunities from OVW, stakeholders, and…