Bureau of Justice Assistance
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) helps to make American communities safer by strengthening the nation's criminal justice system: Its grants, training and technical assistance, and policy development services provide state, local, and tribal governments with the cutting edge tools and best practices they need to reduce violent and drug-related crime, support law enforcement, and combat victimization.
Visit the https://bja.ojp.gov/funding page for the latest BJA funding announcements.
BJA resources:
- Addressing the Drug Crisis in Eastern Tennessee
- Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Initiative
- BJA Grant Applicant Education Series
- Body-Worn Camera Toolkit
- Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP)/Body Armor Safety Initiative (BASI)
- Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program
- Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) Resource Center
- Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program: Support to Tribal Communities
- Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program Training and Technical Assistance
- Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) Website
- Human Trafficking Task Force e-Guide
- Innovations in Community Based Crime Reduction (CBCR)
- Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery (CBOB)
- Law Enforcement Naloxone Toolkit
- Law Enforcement Safety Toolkit
- National Officer Safety Initiatives (NOSI)
- Police Mental Health Collaboration Toolkit
- Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
- Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor (MOV)
- Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program (PSOB)
- Public Safety Partnership (PSP)
- Public Safety Risk Assessment Clearinghouse
- Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)
- State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT) Program
- Strategies for Policing Innovation (SPI)
- Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
- Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program (TJSIP)
- Tribal Justice Resources
- Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative
- Violence Reduction Response Center
To learn more about BJA, visit https://bja.ojp.gov/, or follow BJA on Facebook and Twitter.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
The mission of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded.
To learn more about the BJS Law Enforcement Unit data collections, visit: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=7
BJS resources:
- 2019 Survey of Law Enforcement Personnel in Schools (SLEPS)
- Body-Worn Cameras in Law Enforcement Agencies, 2016
- Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2015
- Criminal Victimization, 2018
- Data Analysis Tools
- Estimating Costs for Transitioning to NIBRS: Guidance for Local Law Enforcement Agencies
- Firearms Violence
- Human Trafficking/Trafficking In Persons
- Indian Country Justice Statistics
- Indicators of School Crime And Safety, 2018
- Law Enforcement Data Analysis Tools
- Law Enforcement Data Collections
- Local IBR Playbook: A Guide to Implementing an Incident-Based Reporting System
- National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X)
- National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API
- NCS-X NIBRS Readiness Assessment for Agencies with a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) RMS
- NCVS Victimization Analysis Tool (NVAT)
- NIBRS: Enabling Operational Advantages
- NIBRS: Informing Tactical Response
- NIBRS: Managing Change
- NIBRS Pre-Certification Tool
- Source and Use of Firearms Involved in Crimes
- Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2019
- Violent Victimization Known to Law Enforcement in the Bakken Oil-Producing Region of Montana and North Dakota, 2006–2012
To learn more about BJS, visit bjs.gov or follow BJS on Twitter
National Institute of Justice
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is dedicated to the development of knowledge and tools that will advance policing operations and practices and deliver policing services to communities more effectively and efficiently. NIJ is a leader in developing and advancing the research agenda for policing.
NIJ resources:
- Body Armor Selection, Care, and Maintenance
- Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP)/Body Armor Safety Initiative (BASI)
- Fighting Stress in the Law Enforcement Community Article
- Forensic Technology Center of Excellence: Controlled Substances
- Human Trafficking webpage
- Identifying New Illicit Drugs and Sounding the Alarm in Real Time
- The Importance and Impact of Cold Case Units
- Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars Program
- Making Schools Safe for Students
- National Best Practices for Implementing and Sustaining Cold Case Investigation Unit
- National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach
- National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
- NIJ's Role in the Strategy to Combat Heroin and Other Opioids: 2018 Update
- Notes from the Field: Lessons Learned From the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic
- Officer Performance and Safety
- Protecting Against Stress & Trauma: Research Lessons for Law Enforcement
- Research on Body-Worn Cameras and Law Enforcement
- School Safety: By the Numbers
- School Tip Line Toolkit: A Blueprint for Implementation and Sustainability
- A Screening Tool for Identifying Trafficking Victims
- Sexual Assault Webinar Series
- Solving the Missing Indigenous Person Data Crisis: NamUs 2.0
- Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: 2019 Findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
- Women in Policing: Breaking Barriers and Blazing a Path
To learn more about NIJ, visit www.nij.ojp.gov, or follow NIJ on Facebook and Twitter.
Office for Victims of Crime
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) supports partnerships with law enforcement agencies at the state, tribal, and local levels to combat crime, promote safer neighborhoods, and establish collaborations between police and the communities they protect. Through discretionary grant programs, training, and technical assistance, OVC grantees to help various agencies provide effective law enforcement to ensure the safety of their citizens to provide comprehensive services to victims and family members in the aftermath of violent crimes, such as homicide and sexual assault. Visit the Law Enforcement section of OVC's website for additional resources.
OVC resources:
- Achieving Excellence: Model Standards for Serving Victims and Survivors of Crime
- American Indian/Alaska Native webpage
- A Circle of Healing for Native Children Endangered by Drugs
- DUI Crashes: Real Crimes, Real Victims
- Faces of Human Trafficking
- Federal Responses to Sex Trafficking in Alaska
- First Response to Victims of Crime
- Gaining Insight, Taking Action: Basic Skills for Serving Victims
- Helping Victims of Mass Violence & Terrorism
- Human Trafficking Task Force e-Guide
- If You're a Victim of Crime, Help is Available
- In Their Own Words: Domestic Abuse in Later Life
- It's Not an "Accident": It's a Crime!
- Labor Trafficking Protocol Guidelines: Identifying and Responding to Victims of Labor Trafficking 24 Years Old and Under
- Law Enforcement's Role in Victim Compensation
- OVC's Human Trafficking Weblet
- OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center: Human Trafficking
- OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC)
- Responding to Elder Abuse: What Law Enforcement Should Know
- Responding to Transgender Victims of Sexual Assault
- Service, Support & Justice: Law Enforcement Response to Crime Victims
- Tribal Multimedia Resources
- The Tribal Resource Tool
- Vicarious Trauma Toolkit
- Vision 21: Law Enforcement and the Communities They Serve
To learn more about OVC, visit www.ovc.gov, or follow OVC on Facebook and Twitter.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides national leadership and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and child victimization. OJJDP's work helps enhance prosecution of child sex abuse cases, suppress youth gang violence and recruitment, and provide mentoring and intervention programs that respond to substance abuse.
OJJDP resources:
- AMBER Alert Best Practices
- AMBER Alert Field Guide for Law Enforcement Officers
- Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)
- Enhancing Police Responses to Children Exposed to Violence: A Toolkit for Law Enforcement
- The First Three Hours
- Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
- Human Trafficking Resources
- I-Guide: School-Based Bullying Prevention
- Juvenile Arrests, 2017
- A Law Enforcement Guide on International Parental Kidnapping
- A Law Enforcement Official's Guide to the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model
- Mentoring Children and Youth Affected by Opioid Misuse and Substance Abuse
- Missing and Exploited Children
- Model Programs Guide
- National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence Series
- Responding to Gangs in Schools: A Collaborative Approach to School Safety
- Spotlight on Youth Victims of Violence
- Statistical Briefing Book
- Tribal Youth Programs and Services
- Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center
To learn more about OJJDP, visit www.ojjdp.ojp.gov, or follow OJJDP on Facebook and Twitter.
Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking
The Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) helps jurisdictions, including local police, monitor and track sex offenders in support of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). In addition to funding the National Sex Offender Public Website, the SMART Office provides two registration systems for jurisdictions: the Sex Offender Registry Tool for states, and the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registration System. These tools provide both a law enforcement-only administrative system and a public-facing website. Additionally, the SMART Office developed the SORNA Exchange Portal to facilitate communication among registration jurisdictions and to share offender relocation tasks, documents, files and historical statutes information. To learn more about SORNA implementation in states and territories, visit the SORNA Progress Check.
SMART resources:
- Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website
- How to Identify Signs of Abuse in Children and Teens
- How to Respond to Victims of Sexual Assault
- Indian Country & SORNA
- Model Tribal Sex Offender Registration Code
- Sex Offender Management Assessment and Planning Initiative (SOMAPI)
- The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA): A Guide on SORNA implementation in Indian Country
- Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) State and Territory Implementation Progress Check
- Tribal Access Program (TAP) for National Crime Information
To learn more about SMART, visit smart.gov, or follow SMART on Facebook and Twitter.
Current Funding Opportunities
To explore current OJP funding opportunities available to law enforcement, please visit: https://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm#OpenSols