Resources

Mobilizing The Nation Now Available

Mobilizing the Nation To Prevent Crime, Violence, and Drug Abuse, the Crime Prevention Coalition of America’s 2006 annual report, celebrates the work of Coalition members, highlighting the breadth and diversity of prevention efforts in communities across the nation. Program examples include Volunteers in Police Services, Neighborhood Watch, and other national programs focusing on crime, violence, and drug abuse.

Coalition members receive one free copy of the annual report.  Additional single copies are free (there is a charge for shipping and handling); bulk copies are $1 each. Contact NCPC’s Fulfillment Center at 800-NCPC-911 and ask for Item #M79C.

New From the COPS Office

Law Enforcement Tech Guide for Communications Interoperability
This guide is a comprehensive, user-friendly guidebook that provides strategies, best practices, and recommendations for public safety agencies seeking to develop or already engaged in interagency communications projects. It explores current and emerging technologies in voice and data communications, and provides planning tools to help achieve interoperable communication initiatives. To view this document, please visit http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1942.

Jail Information Model, COPS Innovations
The Jail Information Model is a new process designed to cultivate jail-based information about internal and external safety and security issues, and to disseminate it to the appropriate offices or agencies in order to solve or prevent crimes and improve public safety. This Jail Information Model encourages and promotes a paradigm shift from traditional corrections activities to proactive public safety capabilities. This shift helps to solve current crimes, prevent future crimes or reduce their impact, save lives and property in the jail and the community, and improve community quality of life. This report highlights the success and lessons learned in the three pilot sites used in this project. To view this document, please visit http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=1929.

Disorder at Day Laborer Sites, POP Guide
Disorder at day laborer sites is but one aspect of the larger set of problems related to both public disorder and to illegal immigration. The literature on day laborers provides a general picture of the market for them, the conditions of day-labor work, the laborers themselves, their employers, the places where they assemble, and the link between day laborers and human smuggling. This guide will help law enforcement understand the factors that contribute to their local problem in order to frame analysis questions, identify valid effectiveness measures, determine important intervention points, and select an appropriate set of responses for their specific problem. To view this document, please visit http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1960.

Other Resources Available

New Tribal Justice and Safety Site Announced
The Department of Justice recently launched the Tribal Justice and Safety website at www.tribaljsuticeandsafety.gov. The new site provides user-friendly, current, and comprehensive information and resources for American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments and communities.  It also promotes resources for improving safety in Native American communities. A calendar of events, publications, press releases, and grant and training announcements are featured on the site, as well as a kid’s page.

Visit the Project Safe Childhood Website
The Project Safe Childhood Website, www.projectsafechildohood.gov, provides information to help federal, state, and local law enforcement officials investigate and prosecute Internet crimes against children. Guided under the leadership of the U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and the U.S. Department of Justice, the Project Safe Childhood Initiative protects children from online exploitation and abuse. Resources on the site include fact sheets, press releases, speeches, publications, and more. The website also includes guidelines for law enforcement and other partners on how to implement Project Safe Childhood. 

Training Available for Victim Service Providers
Register now for the Office of Victims’ of Crime’s upcoming workshops, including The Ultimate Trainer, May 8-10, 2007, in New Orleans, LA; Compassion Fatigue/Vicarious Trauma, May 22-23, 2007, in Portland, ME; and Identity Theft, June 26-27, 2007, in Tampa, FL.

The Ultimate Trainer is designed for victim service providers and allied professionals who develop and deliver training but don’t have a formal background or extensive experience in adult education.  This interactive training helps participants build the knowledge and practical skills they need to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate quality training programs. 

Compassion Fatigue/Vicarious Trauma provides and overview of the definitions and symptoms of compassion fatigue, burnout, vicarious trauma, and secondary post traumatic stress disorder.  The training will include an interactive exploration of self-care techniques. Strategies for recognizing symptoms of compassion fatigue, and strategies managers can use to ensure balance and self-care for those they supervise.

The Identity Theft workshop will help advocates learn how to assist victims in self-advocacy and how and when to intervene effectively in the recovery process.

For more information, visit www.ovcttac.org/calendar.