Project Safe Neighborhoods National Training and Technical Assistance (PSN TTA) Program

Training and resources developed and delivered by the grantees has allowed the field to: (a) develop and implement policies to use existing intelligence and investigative resources to improve officer safety; (b) teach techniques for identifying/recognizing vehicles with hidden compartments, used to transport illegal drugs and contraband; (c) to discuss and demonstrate techniques to identify/recognize armed suspects and their characteristics; (d) present techniques for handling gun crime cases have been very well received by the law enforcement community; and (e) improve collaboration between agencies and the efficiency of investigations and programming.

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)was funded to create instructional materials focused on: techniques for handling gun crime cases, from initial detection and recovery through the investigation and processing of both the criminal defendant and the firearms evidence, toward a successful prosecution; techniques used for Firearms Tracing and Investigative Tools for Firearms Identification as well as National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN)3 and e-Trace4; techniques/strategies used for gang suspect interview, interrogation, and debriefing; techniques for identifying/recognizing vehicles with hidden compartments, used to transport illegal drugs and contraband; and advanced techniques to identify/recognize armed suspects and their characteristics to improve officer safety.

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