This free two-day course sponsored by the Poarch Creek Indians Tribal Police Department will train criminal justice practitioners in best practices of collecting and reporting crime data.
This training is meant for:
Northwest Gang Investigators Association, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Washington, and Western States Information Network
This training is being offered to sworn law enforcement officers. This is a specialized curriculum for tribal law enforcement officers who encounter gangs on the street and for state and local officers who work with them. Tribal law enforcement officers will be given priority for attendance. This class will provide basic, entry-level training to:
• Officers newly assigned to work with street gangs.
• Officers with limited experience, but little formal training in street gang investigations.
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is designed to create safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in crime associated with gang and gun violence, and violent offenders. The program's effectiveness is based on the cooperation of local, state, and federal agencies engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney (USA) in each district. The USA is responsible for establishing a collaborative PSN task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement and other community members to implement gang and gun crime enforcement, intervention and prevention initiatives within the district.
Award:
$500,000
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are PSN Task Force fiscal agents for the U.S. Attorney districts and federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. All fiscal agents must be certified by the relevant U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO). Eligible fiscal agents include states, units of local government, educational institutions, faith-based and other community organizations, private nonprofit organizations, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. For details on the fiscal agent certification process, see www.bja.gov/programs/psn/cert_process.html.
On June 20, 2012, at 2 p.m. E.T., the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP’s) Missing and Exploited Children's Program will present the Webinar, “The Sexual Exploitation of Girls in Gangs.” This 1-hour Webinar will examine girls’ involvement in gangs, their relationships within gangs, and how fellow members sexually exploit them for commercial purposes. Panelists will identify the challenges in the investigation and prosecution of this crime and offer solutions.
The National Gang Center has released the inaugural issue of its quarterly “NGC Newsletter.” The issue features articles on the challenges to schools’ anti-gang policies and gang activity amid the falling crime rate, among other topics. The newsletter aims to inform practitioners, researchers, law enforcement, and others with a shared interest in gangs about current trends, significant court decisions, trainings, and strategies being used in communities to address gangs.
This fact sheet presents findings from the National Gang Center's 2010 National Youth Gang Survey, which collects data from a large, representative sample of local law enforcement agencies to track the size and scope of the national gang problem. The fact sheet discusses the prevalence of gangs in the U.S., rates of gang activity and gang homicides, reasons for gang-member migration, and external gang influences.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has published "Highlights of the 2010 National Youth Gang Survey."
This fact sheet presents findings from the National Gang Center's 2010 National Youth Gang Survey, which collects data from a large, representative sample of local law enforcement agencies to track the size and scope of the national gang problem. The fact sheet discusses the prevalence of gangs in the U.S., rates of gang activity and gang homicides, reasons for gang-member migration, and external gang influences.
The goal of the Tribal Justice System Capacity Building TTA Program is to strengthen tribal governments’ ability to plan, implement, and enhance tribal justice systems to be able to prevent, control, and investigate crime; to effectively administer justice; and to meet the needs of the community.
Award:
$500,000
Eligibility:
Applicants are limited to tribal and non-tribal for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations; faith-based and community organizations; institutions of higher learning (including tribal colleges and universities); and consortiums with demonstrated national-level and onsite experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
The primary purpose of the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) is to enhance the capacity of regulatory and law enforcement agencies and public health officials to collect and analyze controlled substance prescription data and other scheduled chemical products through a centralized database administered by an authorized state agency.
Award:
$400,000
Eligibility:
Applicants are limited to state governments without enabling statute or regulation requiring the submission of controlled substance prescription data to an authorized state agency. Implementation (Category 2) and Enhancement Grants (Category 3): Applicants are limited to state governments that have in place an enabling statute or regulation requiring the submission of controlled substance prescription data to an authorized state agency. Tribal Prescription Drug Monitoring Information Sharing Grants (Category 4): Applicants are limited to federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior
Everyone in Indian Country has encountered complex jurisdictional situations. Indian Country law enforcement officers particularly struggle with deterring criminal behavior when it's not clear where jurisdictional authority lies. The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (TLOA) has additionally impacted tribal and federal relationships in ways that not everyone is yet aware. April 5, 2012, law professor Joseph H. Rosen will present a webinar on "Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country under TLOA" to bring clarity to the subject.
