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2020 National Police Week Resources

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Bureau of Justice Assistance

VALOR Initiative:  Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability

The Officer Robert Wilson III Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative is an effort to improve the immediate and long-term safety, wellness, and resilience of law enforcement officers.  Through a multifaceted approach that includes delivering no-cost training (professional...

TECHBeat, February 2019

Date Published
February 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material, Grants and Funding
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

SMART Office Welcomes New Director

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katie Sullivan (left) swears in Kendel Ehrlich as the Director of the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking on March 16.

In March, the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking welcomed a new Director, Kendel Ehrlich. She previously served as the Deputy Director of the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy. In that position, Kendel specialized in external communications combatting the opioid crisis with particular emphasis on ONDCP's High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and Drug-Free Communities programs.

Prior to joining the...

Supervisory Officer Checklist

Date Published
March 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

Patrol First Responder Checklist

Date Published
February 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

Investigative Officer Checklist

Date Published
March 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

The AMBER Advocate, Issue 1 2020

Date Published
March 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

The First Three Hours

Date Published
October 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material (Programmed), Factsheet
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

Children’s Advocacy Centers

Teens face in shadow

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.  Child abuse takes place in every part of the population and takes many forms.  Children suffer from neglect, endure physical and sexual abuse, are exploited by pornographers and sex traffickers, and become collateral victims of drug abuse and other types of maltreatment every single day in America.  Fortunately, Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) across the nation are providing critical...