Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists 2019 Annual Meeting
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Marriot Lancaster at Penn Square
Lancaster, PA
Law enforcement
Detection and Visibility of Bruises Using Alternate Light: From Science to Practice (Webinar)
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Online
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Handling Difficult and Disturbing Forensic Cases for Coroners and Medical Examiners (Webinar)
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Online
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Web
The Top 10 Reasons to Start a Police Homeless Outreach Team (Webinar)
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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
This formula grant program is the leading federal source of criminal justice funding to states, territories, local governments, and tribes. It provides critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas.
PSP Birmingham: 'All the tools in the toolbox' approach turns a city around
Buy-in from law enforcement agencies – prompted by a determined US Attorney and a new mayor – begets local-federal partnerships, which beget information-sharing and trust. Boosted by state-of-the-art intelligence and targeted federal prosecution, better policing results, and the worst offenders come off the streets. More barriers come down as nontraditional partners – the housing authority, probation and parole, youth services – work together to preempt...
Public Safety Partnership Supports Memphis' Fight Against Violent Crime
After reports of violent crime hit an 11-year high in 2017, Memphis has seen an 8.1% decrease in violent crime through the first six months of 2018.
The Raines Station precinct in Memphis, Tennessee, is home to the city's biggest tourist attraction – Graceland, famed residence of Elvis Presley. In the center of Raines Station, Graceland attracts tourists from around the world who want to...
'Looking backwards can tell us a whole lot about moving forward'
Photo credit: Cleveland.com
When Cuyahoga County, Ohio, embarked on the testing of nearly 7,000 backlogged sexual assault kits (SAKs) in early 2013, metaphors from Greek and Roman mythology abounded in the Cleveland media coverage – 'Herculean task' and 'Pandora's box' chief among them.
Five years on, now that the backlog has been largely cleared, the sense of dread associated with those words has been replaced by one of...
DOJ BJA's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Helps Bring Serial Killer Samuel Little to Justice
The Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), an innovative program of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) which is helping law enforcement agencies nationwide test rape kits and close cold case sexual assaults and homicides, is one of the critical investigative tools that led authorities to believe Samuel Little may be the worst serial killer in American history, by enabling police across...
BJA's VALOR Officer Safety And Wellness Program Trains Over 50,000 Officers
The VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Program, a training initiative of the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), has demonstrated its unwavering support for law enforcement by providing training to over 50,000 officers nationwide. To date, the VALOR Program has delivered training to 51,155 law enforcement officers across all 50 states in more than 540 onsite training events.
In addition, the VALOR Program...
Public Safety Partnership Supports Compton in Fight Against Gang Violence
Gang violence has troubled the city for decades, but Compton has seen a substantial drop in gang-related crimes in recent years.
The city of Compton, California has long been synonymous with gangs and violent crime.
In the 1970s, Compton witnessed the rise of the notoriously violent Bloods and Crips gangs, who ran nationwide narcotics operations from the city. “Straight Outta Compton” entered the American lexicon...
VALOR Program Promotes Officer Safety and Wellness
More than 6,000 law enforcement agencies and 51,000 officers across all 50 states have participated in VALOR programming since 2010.
At an October homecoming parade in Jackson, Tennessee, Police Investigator Kelly Schrotberger took notice of a 15-year-old boy in the crowd. After watching him for some time, Schrotberger and a colleague came to believe the boy was acting in a manner that signaled he may...
Over 47,000 Kits Tested Through BJA's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative since 2015
In just 4 years, SAKI has already identified more than 200,000 unsubmitted kits across 54 jurisdictions in 35 states
One untested sexual assault kit can have ramifications far beyond the case for which it was originally collected.
Sexual assault offenders are often serial offenders, either committing multiple sexual assaults or other violent crimes. Testing a sexual assault kit where the perpetrator is known could provide...
National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)
This initiative helps law enforcement and prosecutors address the challenges associated with unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) and reduce the number of unsubmitted SAKs in their jurisdictions.
Body-Worn Camera Partnership Program
This program is for law enforcement agencies, including tribal law enforcement, seeking to pilot, establish, or enhance body-worn camera policy and implementation practices.
Visiting Fellows Program
Through this program, BJA invests in leaders in the field to advance priority national policy issues and offer cross-developmental opportunities for Department of Justice staff and criminal justice practitioners and researchers.
Law Enforcement Cyber Center
The Law Enforcement Cyber Center provides local, state, and tribal law enforcement with critical resources to help them learn, investigate, and solve cybercrimes; share cyber threat information; and collaborate with regional and federal authorities.
National Public Safety Partnership
Coordinated by BJA, the U.S. Department of Justice's National Public Safety Partnership was launched to help communities suffering from serious violent crime problems to build up their capacity to fight crime.
Law Enforcement Planning for Major Events
When law enforcement executives are tasked with managing a large-scale event, they can maximize their efforts by learning from other agencies and adopting proven practices. Too often, past lessons learned are not documented in a clear and concise manner. BJA is working to provide the field with resources and tools to address this information gap.
VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Initiative
The VALOR Initiative is an effort to improve the immediate and long-term safety, wellness, and resilience of our nation’s law enforcement officers.
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP)
SCAAP provides federal payments to states and localities that incurred correctional officer salary costs for incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens with at least one felony or two misdemeanor convictions for violations of state or local law, and incarcerated for at least 4 consecutive days during the reporting period.
Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Program
This program reimburses states, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribes for up to 50 percent of the cost of body armor vests purchased for law enforcement officers.
Smart Policing Initiative (SPI)
This initiative seeks to enable police agencies to effectively use evidence-based practices, data, and technology.
Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Program
The PSOB Program provides death and education benefits to survivors of fallen law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders, and disability benefits to officers catastrophically injured in the line of duty.
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
Designed to create and foster safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in violent crime, this program's effectiveness depends upon the ongoing coordination, cooperation, and partnerships of local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies working together with the communities they serve and engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney in all 94 districts.