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In this podcast, William Bratton, former Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department and former Police Commissioner of the New York City and Boston Police Departments, talks about his thoughts and hopes for the field of policing.

James H. Burch II, BJA Acting Director, continues his conversation with Michael Kane, the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD), about how community-based organizations can engage PCCD.

During this podcast, John Kenney, Assistant Deputy Superintendent of Special Operations at the Hampden County Sheriffs Office in Ludlow, Massachusetts, discusses Hampden County's information sharing and reentry initiatives.

Ruby Qazilbash, Senior Policy Advisor at BJA, interviews Major Sam Cochran of the Memphis Police Department about the crucial role of a crisis intervention team and how this program can be implemented in both large and small law enforcement departments.

During this podcast, BJA Acting Director Burch is joined by NIJ Acting Director Kristina Rose to talk with William Bratton, former Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department and former Police Commissioner of the New York City and Boston Police Departments, about the concept of predictive policing.

This podcast is a recording of remarks at the 2011 Making Second Chances Work National Conference by James H. Burch II, BJA Acting Director.

During this podcast, Michael Medaris, Senior Policy Advisor at BJA, talks with Sergeant Alan Murphy of the London Metropolitan Police Service about London's Prevent and Engage Units.

The Role of Information Sharing in Counter-Terrorism Investigation and Prevention is part of a series of podcasts produced by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance which are designed to bring users the latest information in justice innovations, practices, and perspectives from the field of criminal justice. In this particular podcast, we hear from Richard A. Marquise, Director of the State and Local Anti-Terrorism Program and former FBI agent, about his experience with counter-terrorism prevention and investigation.

Justice organizations are looking for ways to provide secured access to multiple agency information systems with a single logon. The GFIPM initiative provides the justice community with a security and information sharing architecture that is based on an electronic justice credential. This standards-based justice credential can be used to securely connect law enforcement and public safety personnel to interagency applications and data over the Internet. (Courtesy of SEARCH Group, Inc., www.search.org/programs/info/podcasts) Participants: John Ruegg - Chair, Global Security Working Group (GSWG), Director, Los Angeles County (California) Information Systems Advisory Board (ISAB) James Dyche - Applications Administrator, Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET)

Learn from the experts on how your integration efforts can leverage a service oriented architecture framework specifically designed for the justice community. (Courtesy of SEARCH Group, Inc., www.search.org/programs/info/podcasts) Participants: Dr. Thomas Clarke - Vice-President of Research and Technology, National Center for State Courts, and Chair, Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group Scott Came - Director of Systems and Technology, SEARCH

GAC Chairman Boehmer and Vice Chairman Wicklund reemphasize the fact that the U.S. DOJ’s Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative is a for practitioner, by practitioner collaboration addressing justice business problems through more effective, more efficient information sharing for colleagues at all levels of government, across the justice and public-safety landscape. If you are a justice executive or practitioner, YOU are Global, so get involved! Contact [email protected] or visit bja.ojp.gov/it/global to learn more about participation opportunities.

Chairman Boehmer discusses how intelligence sharing efforts over recent years– supported by fundamental Global-supported resources (such as the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan and Fusion Center Guidelines: Law Enforcement Intelligence, Public Safety, and the Private Sector) have yielded unprecedented successes through partnerships of state, local, and tribal entities with Federal initiatives, with an emphasis reciprocal, "two-way sharing."

Looking toward the future, Global leaders forecast some top information sharing challenges and priorities for the Committee, including horizontal information sharing, the ongoing imperative of safeguarding privacy and civil liberties, and ensuring data quality.

Global leaders recount leadership highlights, including supporting quality “for practitioners/by practitioners” deliverables that are being adopted by all levels of government and private industry. The “Global process,” a collaborative approach to solving business problems, is also discussed as an invaluable Global success, as well as efforts originating in Global recommendations, such as the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM).