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SEARCH Podcast #2: Understanding the Justice Reference Architecture

December 2009
Series
Information Sharing Initiatives
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
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SEARCH Podcast #2: Understanding the Justice Reference Architecture
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SEARCH Podcast #2: Understanding the Justice Reference Architecture

PSP Case Studies - Jackson, Mississippi

Date Published
2020
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material, Grants and Funding, Case Study

PSP Case Studies - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date Published
2020
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis, Grants and Funding, Case Study

PSP Case Studies - Nashville, Tennessee

Date Published
2020
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Training (Aid/Material), Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed), Case Study

PSP Case Studies - New Orleans, Louisiana

Date Published
2020
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Training (Aid/Material), Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis, Case Study

Episode 69: BWC Spotlight on Nye County Sheriff's Office

February 2018
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Elliot Harkavy, Technology Advisor for the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Body-Worn Camera Technical Assistance Program, interviews Nye County, Nevada, Sheriff's Office's Lieutenant David Boruchowitz to discuss the office's lessons learned from implementing its BWC program. Lt. Boruchowitz discusses topics like community outreach, vendor and storage selections tips, and a rural sheriff's office's experiences.
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Episode 69: BWC Spotlight on Nye County Sheriff's Office
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Episode 69: BWC Spotlight on Nye County Sheriff's Office

Episode 68: BWC Spotlight on Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Tribal Police Department

January 2018
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Elliot Harkavy, Technology Advisor for the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Body-Worn Camera Technical Assistance Program, interviews Dawn Parkey of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Tribal Police Department to discuss the department's lessons learned from implementing its BWC program. Ms. Parkey discusses topics like community outreach, coordination with other federal, state, and local law enforcement, coordination with tribal, federal, and state prosecutors, vendor and storage selections tips, and tribal law enforcement experiences.
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Episode 68: BWC Spotlight on Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Tribal Police Department
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Episode 68: BWC Spotlight on Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Tribal Police Department

Episode 52: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 2)

October 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
The BWC Technical and Training Assistance’s Dr. Chip Coldren interviews BJA’s Senior Policy Advisor Mike Roosa, ASU’s Dr. Michael White, Booz Allen Hamilton’s Todd Maxwell who are all part of BJA’s Body Worn Camera team to discuss solicitations, funding, research, the toolkit, technical and training assistance, the podcast series and other efforts supporting law enforcement and the justice community around BWCs.
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Episode 52: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 2)
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Episode 52: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 2)

Episode 51: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 1)

October 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
The BWC Technical and Training Assistance’s Dr. Chip Coldren interviews BJA’s Senior Policy Advisor Mike Roosa, ASU’s Dr. Michael White, Booz Allen Hamilton’s Todd Maxwell who are all part of BJA’s Body Worn Camera team to discuss solicitations, funding, research, the toolkit, technical and training assistance, the podcast series and other efforts supporting law enforcement and the justice community around BWCs.
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Episode 51: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 1)
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Episode 51: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 1)

Episode 46: BJA SMART Policing Initiative Spotlight – A look into the research at Phoenix PD, AZ

September 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Mike Roosa, Senior Policy Advisor for the Bureau of Justice Assistance interviews Phoenix Police Department’s Sergeant Kevin Johnson and Arizona State University’s Dr. Charles Katz to discuss their departments deployment of body cameras in 2013 as part of BJA’s SMART Policing Initiative grant to evaluate body worn camera technology. The group discusses lessons learned and progress of their program along with the research around the program. Dr. Katz and Phoenix PD were part of the BJA Expert Panel on Body Worn Cameras that helped form the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit.
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Episode 46: BJA SMART Policing Initiative Spotlight – A look into the research at Phoenix PD, AZ
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Episode 46: BJA SMART Policing Initiative Spotlight – A look into the research at Phoenix PD, AZ

Episode 45: BWC Transit Police Spotlight – BART Police, CA

August 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell, part of the Bureau of Justice Assistances Body-Worn Camera team, interviews San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police Department’s BWC team to discuss their BWC program. The agency discusses the uniqueness of being a transit police and how their BWC program differs from a traditional police department.
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Episode 45: BWC Transit Police Spotlight – BART Police, CA
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Episode 45: BWC Transit Police Spotlight – BART Police, CA

Episode 43: BWC Victim Spotlight – Part 1

August 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell, part of the Bureau of Justice Assistances Body-Worn Camera team, interviews Victim Rights Law Center’s Nation Director of Training and Technical Assistance, Jessica Mindlin, to discuss victim’s perspectives around law enforcement using Body-Worn Cameras. Director Mindlin discusses the potential effects on victims along with concerns from the advocacy community that will help law enforcement with their policy development.
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Episode 43: BWC Victim Spotlight – Part 1
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Episode 43: BWC Victim Spotlight – Part 1

Episode 42: BWC Research Spotlight – Milwaukee PD, WI

August 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell, part of the Bureau of Justice Assistances Body-Worn Camera team, interviews Milwaukee Police Department’s Sgt. Doug Wiorek and Research Associate Bryce Peterson from the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center to discuss Milwaukee Police Department’s BWC research program. The two discuss the reasons for the research, the program itself and potential use of the research outcomes.
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Episode 42: BWC Research Spotlight – Milwaukee PD, WI
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Episode 42: BWC Research Spotlight – Milwaukee PD, WI

Episode 41: Delaware's BWC Pilot Program Spotlight – Wilmington, DE

July 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Chip Coldren, project director for the Bureau of Justice Assistances Body-Worn Camera Technical Assistance Program, interviews Deputy Attorney General Matthew Frawley of the criminal division of the Delaware Department of Justice to discuss Wilmington Police Department's body-worn camera pilot program and what it means for prosecutors. Deputy Attorney General Frawley discusses the Attorney General's Office efforts around planning and coordinating activities for the state-wide implementation of BWCs.
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Episode 41: Delaware's BWC Pilot Program Spotlight – Wilmington, DE
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Episode 41: Delaware's BWC Pilot Program Spotlight – Wilmington, DE

Episode 40: BWC Pilot Program Law Enforcement Spotlight – Wilmington, DE

July 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Chip Coldren, project director for the Bureau of Justice Assistances Body-Worn Camera Technical Assistance Program, interviews Wilmington Police Department's Lieutenant Cecilia Ashe to discuss their departments pilot program with body-worn cameras. The agency discusses their testing and evaluation processes.
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Episode 40: BWC Pilot Program Law Enforcement Spotlight – Wilmington, DE
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Episode 40: BWC Pilot Program Law Enforcement Spotlight – Wilmington, DE

Episode 39: Nation's Capital Region Spotlight – Montgomery County PD, MD

July 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Chip Coldren, project director for the Bureau of Justice Assistances Body-Worn Camera Technical Assistance Program, interviews Montgomery County Police Department’s Chief Information Officer, Brian Acken to discuss their departments decision to outfit their officers with body worn cameras in an area that is home to over a million residents. The agency discusses how the agency assigns each officer two BWCs.
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Episode 39: Nation's Capital Region Spotlight – Montgomery County PD, MD
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Episode 39: Nation's Capital Region Spotlight – Montgomery County PD, MD

Episode 38: A University Spotlight (Rowan University PD, NJ)

July 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Lauren Gonzalez from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews Rowan University Police Department’s Lieutenant Shute to discuss their departments university engagement efforts regarding the development of the department’s body worn camera policy. The agency discusses how BWCs are different on university campuses and the challenges they encountered.
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Episode 38: A University Spotlight (Rowan University PD, NJ)
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Episode 38: A University Spotlight (Rowan University PD, NJ)

Episode 37: BWC Civil Rights Spotlight – ACLU

July 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews Senior Policy Analyst Jay Stanley from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to discuss trending privacy and civil rights issues involving body-worn cameras along with the ACLU’s position on these issues. Jay Stanley contributed to the BJA Expert Panel on Body Worn Cameras that helped form the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit.
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Episode 37: BWC Civil Rights Spotlight – ACLU
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Episode 37: BWC Civil Rights Spotlight – ACLU

Episode 36: BWC Pilot Program Spotlight – NYPD

June 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews Sergeant Joseph Freer from New York Police Department to discuss lessons learned from their recently completed Volunteer BWC pilot program and how they will apply those to their upcoming court ordered pilot program. Sgt. Freer contributed to the BJA Expert Panel on Body Worn Cameras that helped form the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit.
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Episode 36: BWC Pilot Program Spotlight – NYPD
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Episode 36: BWC Pilot Program Spotlight – NYPD