Task forces
Department of Justice Announces the Use of Body-Worn Cameras on Federal Task Forces
Learn about a new Department of Justice policy that will permit federally deputized officers to activate a body-worn camera while serving arrest warrants, or during other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants.
Operation Legend Expanded to Indianapolis
Learn about Operation Legend's expansion and how BJA is supporting efforts.
Operation Legend Expanded to Memphis and St. Louis
Learn about Operation Legend's expansion and how BJA is supporting efforts.
Episode 59: Research Spotlight – GMU’s Center of Evidence Based Policing (Part 1)
January 2017
Series
Todd Maxwell with the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Body Worn Camera Team, interviews George Mason University’s Dr. Cynthia Lum to discuss the Center of Evidence Based Policing’s recent papers on prosecutors perceptions of BWCS and a research based examination of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing recommendations. Dr. Lum talks about research based recommendations, areas for more research and recommendations on implementing BWCs.
National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 3: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight
May 2016
Series
Dr. Michael White from Arizona State University and BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Training and Technical Assistance Program interviews Sean Smoot, Director and Chief Council for the Police Benevolent and Protected Association of Illinois and the Police Benevolent Labor Committee, about his perspectives regarding body-worn cameras. Dr. White was part of the BJA Expert Panel on Body Worn Cameras that helped form the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit and the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing’s final report helped create the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit.
National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 2: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight
May 2016
Series
Dr. Michael White from Arizona State University and BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Training and Technical Assistance Program interviews Sean Smoot, Director and Chief Council for the Police Benevolent and Protected Association of Illinois and the Police Benevolent Labor Committee, about his perspectives regarding body-worn cameras. Dr. White was part of the BJA Expert Panel on Body Worn Cameras that helped form the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit and the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing’s final report helped create the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit.
National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 1: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight
May 2016
Series
Dr. Michael White from Arizona State University and BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Training and Technical Assistance Program interviews professor Laurie Robinson of the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University about her perspectives regarding body-worn camera. Dr. White was part of the BJA Expert Panel on Body Worn Cameras that helped form the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit and the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing’s final report helped create the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit.
Funding and Webinar Available for the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Program
Through this opportunity, BJA and the Office for Victims of Crime are seeking applications to develop or support multidisciplinary task forces to combat human trafficking.
'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...