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Published by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), this toolkit provides 11 short videos addressing labor trafficking for law enforcement, businesses and the community. This video series was designed to supplement the Partnerships to Address Labor Trafficking Toolkit which was released in 2021. The toolkit was created to improve the awareness, responsiveness and accountability among law enforcement, businesses, communities, and other stakeholders addressing labor trafficking. The toolkit with its 11 short videos can be viewed on Youtube at…

Developed by the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Training and Technical Assistance and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Gun Violence Resource Hub (GBRH) has officially launched and is now available. The GVRH is a compilation of approaches from across the nation to combating gun violence. It includes approaches which are implemented by law enforcement agencies, as well as a broad range of other organizations such as hospitals, community organizations and prosecutors’ offices. Included are approaches which have been…

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced a new initiative, Operation Overdrive, aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Last fall, the DEA initiated a data-driven approach using national crime statistics and CDC data to identify hot spots of drug-related violence and overdose deaths across the country. This will enable the agency to direct its law enforcement resources to areas where they will have the most impact: the communities where criminal…

Dick Kramer, U.S. Navy veteran and acclaimed artist and illustrator, 83, passed away January 14, 2022, at his home in Leesburg, VA, beside his beloved family. Known by many as the “Father of Modern Tactical Artwork,” Dick Kramer produced the finest in tactical art for first responders, as well as military themed art prints. According to Dick, these represent the brightest, bravest and best our nation has to offer. Mr. Kramer was born on April 1, 1938, in Newark, NJ….

Published by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), this toolkit was developed on the premise that exposure to the traumatic experiences of other people – known as vicarious trauma – is an inevitable occupational challenge for those working in victim services, emergency medical services, fire services, law enforcement, and other allied professions; however, organizations can mitigate the potentially negative effects of trauma exposure by becoming better informed about vicarious trauma. The VTT includes tools and resources tailored specifically to…

Published by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), “Five Things About School-Based Violence Prevention and Intervention Programs” discusses five components of school-based violence prevention and intervention programs. Topics include cyberbullying, victimization, aggressive and disruptive behavior, dating and sexual violence, and selective school-based violence prevention programs. The topics are based on practices rated by CrimeSolutions. To read and/or download the article, visit https://tinyurl.com/2p94p3sk 

Published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the “2020 Data on Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA)” shows a total of 60,105 law enforcement officers assaulted while performing their duties, an increase of 4,071 from the 56,034 assaults reported in 2019. Of the 60,105 officers who were assaulted in 2020, 18,568 (30.9 percent) sustained injuries.44,421 officers were assaulted with personal weapons (e.g., hands, fists, or feet); 25.8 percent of these officers were injured.2,744 officers were assaulted with firearms;…

Published by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), this report discusses the grant awarded for a study of police/community relations. This study used college students to help drive the discussion on diversity and inclusion and how best to transform recruitment strategies for law enforcement agencies in the 21st century. Data for this study were collected through two methods: focus groups and convenings between college students and law enforcement managers and supervisors. The focus groups were conducted in four…

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…