2026

On September 11, 2001, an ordinary Tuesday morning changed America forever. Today, the images remain difficult to comprehend: smoke pouring from the World Trade Center; the Pentagon burning; a scarred field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania; firefighters climbing stairways as civilians descended; and police officers directing people away from danger while others moved toward it. The terrorist attacks claimed 2,977 lives at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and aboard Flight 93. For America’s public safety community, September 11 also demonstrated what…

The Elder Justice Initiative, in collaboration with the COPS Office, has recently updated the (electronic) “Law Enforcement Elder Justice Guide” to include the most recent resources and training for law enforcement responding to elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation and fraud. The Guide features a variety of on demand training; resources to request live training; tools; where to find free elder abuse multidisciplinary team consultations; public outreach materials; and more. To download a copy of the “Law Enforcement Elder Justice…

The United States continues to face an unprecedented and evolving drug threat driven by illicit fentanyl which is increasingly mixed with a dangerous array of synthetic substances emerging in the illicit market. These combinations are making an already deadly drug supply even more unpredictable and lethal. Law enforcement and public health officials are seeing fentanyl combined with highly potent substances such as xylazine, nitazenes, cychlorphine, and medetomidine. Many of these substances are not approved for human use and are often…