This program is authorized by the FY 2017 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. The JAG Program (42 U.S.C. § 3751(a)) is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions, and JAG funds support all components of the criminal justice system.
Task force leadership, operations, and management can be quite complex. As BJAs focus is on fighting crime more effectively, the purpose of this supplemental award is to support the needs, increase the effectiveness, and ensure success of BJA-funded and non-BJA-funded state and local task forces assembled and designed to address local crime issues.
With this supplemental award, the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) will:
Continue to provide specialized task force leadership TTA services to local, state, and tribal law enforcement throughout the United States.
Deliver diverse training modules, in person and/or online, that delineate and clarify roles and responsibilities for task force executive leadership, task force commanders, and task force members. Modules should also include: task force leadership, management, and operations; safeguarding privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties in task force operations; promoting mutually respectful interactions between police and the community; officer safety and deconfliction; collaboration and effective partnerships; working with research partners, use of evidence-based and data-driven strategies; innovative approaches to task force operations, crime analysis; personnel selection; task force oversight and accountability; and adoption of sound business practices as part of the task forces organizational and operational philosophies.
For those multijurisdictional task forces funded through BJAs JAG Program, deliver an online course for task force commanders, agency executives, task force officers, or other task force members of equivalent rank that promotes leadership, integrity, and accountability in task force operations and that includes topics described immediately above. Provide certificates of completion, monitor online site activity, and provide assistance to agencies with technology connectivity questions. Provide semiannual reports to BJA listing all graduates from the training, broken out by type of task force and source of BJA funding.
Ensure training for all task forces focuses on performance and performance measurement.
Assist task forces with developing and implementing robust performance measures that orient activity toward reducing crime.
Provide a restricted-access web site that offers the above-described training and additional resources.
Coordinate peer-to-peer technical assistance, which may include onsite visits or innovative use of technology to connect peer to peer.
Offer services in accordance with adult learning theory and that use a variety of delivery methods. This includes, but is not limited to, leveraging a variety of online services (i.e. webinars, podcasts, Learning Management Systems (LMS), teleconferencing, and other technologies for delivery of technical assistance.
Conduct curricula enhancements as needed to ensure the training reflects the latest trends and emerging issues, recent case study examples, sophisticated multimedia aids, and relevant data.
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