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Published by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this article discusses an event held earlier this year in which representatives from a select group of law enforcement agencies came together from across the country in Tampa, Florida. This event was a peer-to-peer learning opportunity cosponsored by the Tampa Police Department, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and the US Secret Service. The meeting’s purpose was to provide practitioners with an opportunity to learn from one another regarding the responsible use of technology,…

The COPS Office recently released this publication summarizing a leadership meeting between local government and law enforcement.  In March 2022, 50 mayors, police chiefs and other representatives of law enforcement executive organizations met at the Winter Leadership Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors to discuss the cooperation necessary between local government and law enforcement to keep cities safe. Topics included ordinances, technology options, and community interventions and other initiatives to respond to and reduce gun violence; officer recruitment and…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a report on law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, including data on felonious deaths from 2022. The FBI continuously releases this data through the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program. The program’s statistics provide information which law enforcement can use to protect officers and prevent future incidents. LEOKA adheres to a general set of law enforcement officer criteria when gathering data. According to the report, the number…

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) recently released the new report, “Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC): COVID-19 Law Enforcement Impact and Response.” The COVID-19 public health emergency drastically affected law enforcement. The functions of law enforcement required in-person work and community interaction, and law enforcement agencies were challenged to maintain operational levels of service while keeping officers, employees and community members safe. The COPS Office CRI-TAC monitored law enforcement pandemic response from March 2020 through…

Published by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, these tools help provide state leaders with a plan to advance safety and justice. To equip state leaders, the CSG Justice Center has analyzed the most recent 50-state data on crime, arrests, and prison populations and has developed a list of ten ways states can lower crime.  View these tools.

Published by Europol, this report analyzes a number of workshops held by subject matter experts on the positive and negative potential of ChatGPT. The report emphasizes that law enforcement must be prepared for the negative impacts of this artificial intelligence system. Although OpenAI has included many safeguards on ChatGPT to prevent malicious use, they can be easily bypassed through prompt engineering. An unprecedented amount of available data is used by criminals to learn about topics such as potential crime areas,…

Published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), this online tool provides stakeholders with information on the resources needed to help prepare for and prevent targeted violence and terrorism across our country. Within each of the categories, users can search keywords for relevant resources and filter the results based on Department/Agency/Organization and Key Audience. This online tool can be found here.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released its new report on Internet crime in 2022. The growth of cybercrime is a threat to networks, critical infrastructure and financial institutions in the United States and around the world. These threats produce major economic and national security effects. The FBI commits to assisting the victims of cybercrimes and working to combat these crimes. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), established in May 2000, serves as a public resource to report…

The Institute for Economics and Peace has released the tenth edition of the GTI report. The GTI represents a comprehensive study analyzing the impact of terrorism on 163 countries which covers 99.7 percent of the world’s population. For its analysis, the GTI uses the TerrorismTracker database which records “every terrorist incident reported in open sources since January 2007.” Using this data, the GTI creates a terrorism impact score on a scale of 0 to 10 for every country in the…

With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks to support small and rural agencies in their efforts to combat violent crime. This program will provide funding to small and/or rural agencies and/or to prosecutors who are interested in implementing or improving the capacity of their organization around one or more critical elements found in the Violent Crime Reductions Operations Guide (PDF) or the Prosecutors’ Guide to Reducing Violence and Building Safer Communities (PDF). Eligible Applicants: City or township governments;…