Chapter 13
Supporting State & Local
Efforts
Through Technical Assistance & Training
Overview
While the preceding chapters describe
the major research, statistical, demonstration, and other grant programs
that OJP plans to support in Fiscal Year 1999, this chapter focuses on
technical assistance and training opportunities being offered by OJP.
Specifically, this chapter describes technical assistance (TA) and
training resources that are available to the field--not just OJP grantees.
The technical assistance and training described in the preceding chapters
are generally limited to OJP grantees. For example, see Chapter 2, Empowering
Communities to Address Crime, for technical assistance for Weed and
Seed sites, and Chapter 3, Breaking the Cycle of Substance
Abuse and Crime, for technical assistance for OJP-funded drug courts.
Training and TA specifically designed for tribal jurisdictions is
described in Chapter 11, Addressing Crime in Indian Country.
An effort has also been made to organize available technical assistance and training by topic, with the more general assistance available to criminal justice agencies at the end of this chapter. However, because of the overlap in so many areas, those interested in obtaining assistance are encouraged to review the entire chapter, as well as the training and TA programs described in the other Program Plan chapters. In an effort to make the information more useful, the format for each project here is also somewhat different from the other chapters.
Over the past few months, OJP has been in the process of reviewing its technical assistance programs and how TA is delivered to the field in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of OJP programming, and to reduce duplication and delay. This process has involved a series of focus groups aimed at gaining a better understanding of how technical assistance is currently being delivered and received, and to learn from the variety of experiences, structures, and methods currently employed to meet technical assistance needs. So far, our review has demonstrated the need to both simplify access to OJP's myriad of TA resources and to more broadly disseminate information about the range and type of TA resources available to the field. As we continue to move forward on addressing this issue, we hope that the information in this chapter--as well as in the Program Plan overall--will be helpful.
General Criminal Justice Technical Assistance/Training
To assist criminal justice programs being developed by state, local, and tribal criminal justice practitioners, BJA's Byrne Formula Grant Program and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program provides a full range of training and technical assistance support. Assistance includes a broad range of training programs and funding, scholarships, and travel expenses for state and local criminal justice system employees. Additionally, BJA provides direct assistance on an ongoing basis for training and technical assistance to address needs as they emerge. Currently, training and technical assistance initiatives are offered in the areas of prevention, law enforcement, adjudication, supervision services, and technological improvement.
State and Local Training and Education Assistance Program
Grantee/Contractor: State Administrative Agencies for Byrne Formula
Grant and Local Law Enforcement Block Grants programs
OJP Sponsor:
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Audience: State, local, and tribal criminal justice practitioners
Description of Services: This initiative provides training and education assistance to criminal justice practitioners through the state agencies administering BJA funding. Assistance includes training programs and funding, scholarships, and travel expenses for state and local criminal justice system employees.
Contact: See BJA's Website at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/ for a list of contacts for the state administering agencies.
State and Local Training and Technical Assistance Program
Grantee/Contractor: Community Research Associates, Inc.
OJP
Sponsor: BJA
Audience: State, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies
Description of Services: This program provides training and technical assistance to state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in developing and implementing comprehensive, system-wide strategies to prevent and control violent crime and illegal drug trafficking and use, and to support community-based crime prevention efforts. The training and technical assistance also aims to enhance state formula grant administration capabilities and state efforts to develop and implement statewide drug control and violent crime strategies.
Contact: Doyle Wood, Project Director, Phone: 615/399-9908, Fax: 615/399-9301, E-mail: dwood@community-research.com
Crime Prevention Training, Technical Assistance, and
Information Sharing
Grantee/Contractor: National Crime
Prevention Council (NCPC)
OJP Sponsors: BJA and the Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Audience: State, local, and tribal jurisdictions, crime prevention organizations, and the general public
Description of Services: The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) works to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities. NCPC's major initiatives include the National Citizens' Crime Prevention Campaign (NCCPC), an alliance of national, state, and federal organizations that works with businesses, civic groups, individuals, and law enforcement to generate crime prevention awareness and action throughout the country through a variety of mechanisms. The campaign includes a series of public service advertisements, publications, training, technical assistance, and program development. Its Website includes a calendar of upcoming training events at www.ncpc.org.
Contact: NCPC, Phone: 202/466-6272, Fax: 202/296-1356, Website: www.ncpc.org
Technical Assistance to Open Solicitation Grant Program
Award Recipients
Grantee/Contractor: The George
Washington University
OJP Sponsor: BJA
Audience: Recipients of Open Solicitation Grant Program awards
Description of Services: This project will provide technical assistance to recipients of the BJA Open Solicitation Grant Program as they establish their programs. Specifically, these funds will support technical assistance to grantees as they develop program goals, generate, collect, and analyze data, and measure performance. In addition, the grantee will conduct a general analysis of the planning and implementation of these programs and report its findings to BJA.
Contact: James Austin, Co-Director, Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections, The George Washington University, Phone: 202/994-6345, Fax: 202/994-3239.
Technical Assistance to Community Justice Grant Recipients
Grantee/Contractor: Crime and Justice Research Institute
OJP Sponsor: BJA
Audience: Recipients of Community Justice Grants
Project Description: This project will provide technical assistance to recipients of Community Justice grants. The Criminal Justice Research Institute will support grantees as they develop program goals, generate, collect, and analyze data, and measure performance. The grantee will also examine the planning and implementation of these grants and reports its findings to BJA.
Contact: John Goldkamp, Crime and Justice Research Institute, Phone: 215/627-3766, Fax: 215/627-7810, E-mail: cjri@ix.netcom.com
Violence Against Women Technical Assistance/Training
The Violence Against Women Office (VAWO) has implemented a technical assistance program designed primarily to provide direct assistance to grantees and subgrantees under the Violence Against Women Act. The program seeks to leverage federal funds to ensure the greatest possible impact on communities, particularly in jurisdictions that are seeking to respond aggressively to violent crimes against women, but are just beginning to develop programs that promote victim safety and offender accountability. VAWO's technical assistance program also focuses on capacity building for national criminal justice and victim advocacy organizations responding to sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking.
Technical assistance generally consists of site visits, mentoring, focus groups, regional conferences, peer-to-peer counseling, telephonic and electronic information provision, and the development and distribution of topical publications. All technical assistance initiatives must be developed in collaboration with nonprofit, nongovernmental, victim advocacy organizations to foster partnerships and create coordinated community responses to violence against women. Projects emphasize the need to provide culturally appropriate services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking from diverse communities.
The majority of VAWO's technical assistance projects, which directly serve grantees and subgrantees under VAWO's various grant programs, are described in Chapter 4, Combating Family Violence, and Chapter 7, Protecting and Supporting Victims of Crime. Also see Chapter 11 for programs addressing crime in Indian country. The following technical assistance is available to the field.
Center for Sex Offender
Management
Grantee/Contractor: Center for Effective
Public Policy
OJP Sponsor: VAWO
Audience: Courts, corrections agencies, victim advocacy agencies, tribal jurisdictions, and the general public
Description of Services: Courts, corrections agencies, and treatment providers have demonstrated that careful supervision and effective treatment can help manage sex offenders and increase public safety. The Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM) was established to increase the level of knowledge about managing sex offenders, enhance the involvement of victim advocacy organizations in policy development, and increase community understanding about safely managing sex offenders. Continuation funding will allow CSOM to develop a comprehensive training curriculum, identify two tribal resource sites, and expand support to the current resource sites. CSOM also will expand the pool of existing resource sites to include urban jurisdictions, jurisdictions with expertise in working with juvenile sex offenders, jurisdictions with a strong focus on victim services, and jurisdictions with an integrated approach to sex offender management.
Contact: Madeline Carter, Project Director, Phone: 301/589-9383, Fax: 301/589-3505, Website: www.csom.org
Full Faith and Credit Project
Grantee/Contractor: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
OJP Sponsor: VAWO
Audience: State, tribal, and federal law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts; state legislatures; advocates for battered women; VAWO grantees; state registry administrators; NCIC and state counterparts; FBI and ATF personnel; and the general public
Description of Services: The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence provides a broad range of technical assistance on the enforcement of protection orders within and between states, tribes, and territories to safeguard victims of domestic violence. The project emphasizes the use of state, tribal, and federal laws and systemic reforms to enhance enforcement.
Contact: Barbara Hart, Project Director, Phone: 1-800/256-5883
Violence Against Women Online Resources
Grantee/Contractor: University of Minnesota Center Against Violence
and Abuse
OJP Sponsor: VAWO
Audience: VAWO grantees and the general public
Description of Services: The University of Minnesota maintains an online violence against women resources Website containing current research on effective intervention efforts regarding violence against women. The resource site includes innovative approaches, public policy articles, promising practices documents, full training manuals, and a calendar of upcoming events. Excerpts from VAWO's Promising Practices Manual, which highlights innovative initiatives from around the country to address sexual assault and stalking, also are available on this Website.
Contact: Jeffrey Edleson, Director, Phone: 612/624-8795, Fax: 612/625-4288, Website: www.mincava.umn.edu/
Corrections Technical Assistance/Training
The Corrections Program Office (CPO) has developed a comprehensive
technical assistance program that includes conferences, workshops,
training, and site-specific assistance to assist states with the effective
implementations of its grant programs. To respond to states' needs, CPO
established a toll-free Technical Assistance Line (1-800/848-6325), which
can be used to request assistance. CPO technical assistance is generally
provided without charge to the requesting agency. The schedule for CPO
conferences, workshops, and training sessions can be found in its Technical
Assistance Plan for FY 1999, which can be accessed on the
Internet at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/cpo.
Correctional Boot Camp Training
Grantee/Contractor:
Interagency Agreement with the National Institute of Corrections (NIC)
OJP Sponsor: CPO
Audience: Teams of policy makers, boot camp administrators, and aftercare providers from jurisdictions that are in the process of developing a boot camp program or are interested in improving the effectiveness of an existing program
Description of Services: This week-long training program assists state correctional agencies and local jurisdictions with the development of effective boot camp programs for adults or juveniles. The training is conducted by NIC under a cooperative agreement with CPO. It focuses on such topics as defining a mission and philosophy; the military leadership model; comprehensive programming to address the needs of offenders; cognitive restructuring; hiring, training, and retaining staff; monitoring to avoid program drift and abuse; and development of aftercare services. Priority is given to jurisdictions implementing CPO Correctional Boot Camp Initiative Program grants awarded in FY 1995 or a boot camp program implemented with Violent OffenderIncarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing (VOI/TIS) Incentive formula grant program funds. Sessions will be held on May 23-28, 1999 and August 2-6, 1999.
Contact: Mary Gooden, Program Manager, Phone: 202/305-1876, Fax: 202/307-2019, E-mail: goodenm@ojp.usdoj.gov
Training on Planning and Designing Juvenile Correctional
Institutions
Grantee/Contractor:
Interagency Agreement with NIC
OJP Sponsor: CPO and OJJDP
Audience: Teams of key decision-makers from state juvenile corrections agencies and local jurisdictions planning a new facility
Description of Services: This week-long training assists state juvenile corrections agencies and local jurisdictions in planning and designing correctional facilities and detention centers that meet their needs. The training is conducted by NIC under a cooperative agreement with CPO. Topics to be addressed include the facility development process, planning team role clarification and decision-making process, mission statement, using data for facility planning, building in space for programs and services, new facility staffing, development of a facility space program, direct supervision, site evaluation, and transition and activation. Sessions are scheduled for March 8-12, 1999 and June 7-11, 1999.
Contact: Mary Gooden, Program Manager, Phone: 202/305-1876, Fax: 202/307-2019, E-mail: goodenm@ojp.usdoj.gov
Sentencing and-Corrections-Related Technical Assistance
Grantee/Contractor: To be selected from applications currently under
review
OJP Sponsor: CPO
Audience: Adult and juvenile corrections administrators, correctional staff, and policy makers
Description of Services: CPO makes site-specific technical assistance available to state and local agencies to assist them in addressing issues related to the eligibility, implementation, and administration of CPO-administered grant programs. The assistance is tailored to the needs of the requesting agency by drawing on the expertise of hundreds of practitioners and issue experts with knowledge and experience in state-of-the-art corrections policies and practices. Corrections agencies and state policy makers may request assistance related to issues such as sentencing reform, violent offender management, facility design, space management, overcrowding, information systems, budgetary implications of VOI/TIS, geriatric prisoners and prisoners with medical conditions, crime victims' rights, privatization, and the drug testing, sanctions, and treatment requirements of the VOI/TIS program.
Contact: Amy Mazzocco, Program Manager, Phone: 202/305-2587, Fax: 202/307-2019, E-mail: mazzocco@ojp.usdoj.gov
Substance Abuse Treatment-Related Technical Assistance
Grantee/Contractor: Interagency Agreement with the Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment
OJP Sponsor: CPO
Audience: Substance abuse treatment practitioners and state and local officials responsible for making policy decisions regarding substance abuse treatment for offenders
Description of Services: CPO makes site-specific technical assistance available to state and local agencies to assist them in addressing issues related to substance abuse treatment for offenders. Assistance also is provided on issues related to implementing the provisions of CPO's Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners formula grant program. Areas of focus include implementing residential substance abuse treatment for adult and juvenile offenders and drug testing in RSAT program initiatives.
Contact: Amy Mazzocco, Program Manager, Phone: 202/305-2587, Fax: 202/307-2019, E-mail: mazzocco@ojp.usdoj.gov
Substance Abuse Treatment-Related
Training
Grantee/Contractor: Interagency
Agreement with the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
OJP Sponsor:
CPO
Audience: Adult and juvenile correctional policymakers, program managers, and treatment program staff
Description of Services: CPO offers substance abuse treatment training on the following topics: therapeutic community counselor training, cross-discipline team-building, cognitive restructuring, relapse prevention, case management, and treating offenders with co-occurring disorders. Each training program is designed to meet the specific needs of the requesting jurisdiction and conducted onsite. CPO provides the trainers and all training materials.
Contact: Amy Mazzocco, Program Manager, Phone: 202/305-2587, Fax: 202/307-2019, E-mail: mazzocco@ojp.usdoj.gov
Crime Victims Technical Assistance/Training
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) provides comprehensive, quality technical assistance and training resources to victim service providers and allied professionals to increase our nation's capacity to provide skilled, capable, victim-sensitive assistance to crime victims. Also see Chapters 4 and 7 for additional victims-related training and technical assistance programs, as well as the violence against women section in this chapter.
Training and Technical
Assistance Center (TTAC)
Grantee/Contractor: Aspen Systems Corporation
OJP Sponsor: OVC
Audience: Public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and victim service, criminal justice, and allied professionals (i.e., mental health, medical, clergy, etc.)
Description of Services: TTAC is a one-stop access point for OVC training and technical assistance for federal, state, tribal, and local agencies and allied professionals involved in providing services to crime victims. TTAC assists agencies in addressing both administrative and programmatic issues. It is not intended to perform program development activities, but rather to serve as a tool for nationwide dissemination of products completed through discretionary projects. OVC's Community Crisis Response and Mentoring Programs are also supported by TTAC.
Contact: Suzanne Anderson, Acting Project Director, Phone: 1-800/627-6872, Fax: 301/5195533, E-mail: TTAC@ovcttac.org
Juvenile Justice Technical Assistance/Training
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides training and technical assistance to thousands of juvenile justice practitioners, policy makers, and interested citizens each year. OJJDP funds more than 50 projects annually to assist judges, law enforcement officials, facility administrators, state agency staff, and community-based agencies and organizations in finding solutions to the serious issues that surround juvenile crime.
OJJDP's training and technical assistance programs include local, state, regional, and national training on specific issues, onsite problem solving through support of local jurisdictional teams, planning, evaluation, and program development. Assistance is available on all issues addressed in the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, including prevention, detention, corrections, treatment, disproportionate minority confinement, challenge programs, gender specific services, Native American and Alaskan Native issues, and state plan development. In support of this mission, OJJDP has established and operates the OJJDP National Training and Technical Assistance Center.
Information on additional juvenile justice training and technical assistance initiatives can be found throughout this Program Plan. For example, information on technical assistance to Native American tribes and Alaskan Native communities can be found in Chapter 11, Addressing Crime in Indian Country; information on training and technical assistance on juvenile and family courts can be found in Chapter 12, Supporting Innovations in Adjudication. Other juvenile justice training and TA initiatives can be found in Chapter 5, Addressing Youth Crime.
OJJDP technical assistance programs also are described in the OJJDP Training and Technical Assistance Resource Catalog, which is available from the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse by calling 1-800/638-8736 or online at www.ncjrs.org.
OJJDP National Training and
Technical Assistance Center
Grantee/Contractor: Aspen
Systems Corporation
OJP Sponsor: OJJDP
Audience: Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention practitioners, policy makers, and other individuals who work with youth
Description of Services: The center seeks to upgrade and expand the
knowledge of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention practitioners and
increase their capacity to reduce youth crime and improve the justice
system. The center operates a resource database and clearinghouse and
coordinates and provides training and technical assistance to state and
local agencies. To support these efforts, the Center:
Contact: Phone: 1-800/830-4031, Website: www.nttac.com
Statistical
Analysis/Criminal Justice Records
Technical
Assistance/Training
Technical
Assistance and Training for State Statistical Analysis Center (SAC)-Mutual
Assistance Program
Grantee/Contractor: Justice Research and Statistics Association
(JRSA)
OJP Sponsor: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Audience: State SAC directors and staff; and criminal justice analysts, researchers, and practitioners committed to providing accurate and timely information in support of sound policy development
Description of Services: JRSA was organized in 1974 by the directors of the state SACs to promote cooperation and the exchange of information, statistics, and technology among states. In providing technical and liaison services to the SAC's for BJS, JRSA maintains a criminal justice information clearinghouse, provides an automated Database of State Activities and Research, and conducts an annual conference on justice, statistics, research, and policy analysis.
Contact: Karen Maline, Director of Information Services, Phone: 202/842-9330, Fax: 202/842-9329, E-mail: cjinfo@jrsa.org
Technical
Assistance to States under the National Criminal History Improvement
Program (NCHIP)
Grantee/Contractor: SEARCH Group, Inc.
OJP Sponsor: BJS
Audience: State policy makers and individuals charged with implementing procedures to upgrade criminal hon Act of 1993, as amended. The NICS allows for instant automated presale firearms checks required under the Brady Act. The NCHIP TA program assists states in upgrading their record systems and in interfacing with the FBI's operational systems.
Contact: Sheila Barton, Deputy Executive Director, Phone: 916/392-2550, Fax: 916/392-8440, E-mail: sheila.barton@search.org
Justice Information Policy
Assistance (JIPA)
Grantee/Contractor:
SEARCH Group, Inc.
OJP Sponsor: BJS
Audience: State and federal policy makers and criminal history records centers
Description of Services: JIPA activities are designed to meet the following objectives:
Contact: Sheila Barton, Deputy Executive Director, Phone: 916/392-2550, Fax: 916/392-8440, E-mail: sheila.barton@search.org
Technology and Information System Technical Assistance/Training
NIJ's National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) program provides criminal justice (law enforcement, corrections, and court) professionals with information on technology, guidelines and standards for these technologies, objective testing data, and technical assistance to implement these technologies. The NLECTC system includes the national center in Rockville, Maryland and four regional centers. Also included in the system are four special offices: the Office of Law Enforcement Standards, the Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization, the Border Research and Technology Center, and the National Center for Forensic Sciences.
NIJ's unique relationship with the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) at the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) affords the opportunity to leverage resources for the benefit of both agencies. Drawing on NIST resources, OLES develops standards and standardized testing methodologies for law enforcement and corrections equipment. At the request of DOD, OLES is also supporting military efforts to develop improved body armor for both military and law enforcement personnel.
NIJ sponsors the Office of Law Enforcement and Technology Commercialization (OLETC) through a grant to Wheeling Jesuit University. OLETC interfaces with a diverse array of organizations, including all the national and federal laboratories, industry scientists, and commercialization experts to identify existing or developmental technologies of interest to the law enforcement and corrections communities, and works to move those technologies into the marketplace.
Sandia National Laboratory is the host facility for NIJ's Border Research and Technology Center (BRTC), which also has affiliations with a number of other federal, state, and local agencies. The technical partner for BRTC is the U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center. Other BRTC affiliations include the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. Border Patrol, the U.S. Customs Service, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
The National Center for Forensic Sciences (NCFS) was created through an NIJ grant to the University of Central Florida (UCF). NCFS is operated within UCF's Chemistry Department.
This section describes the NLECTC system, as well as other assistance. Also see Chapter 8 for additional technology-related training and TA initiatives.
NLECTC-National
Grantee/Contractor: Aspen Systems Corporation
OJP Sponsor:
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Audience: Law enforcement, corrections, and other criminal justice personnel
Description of Services: The National Center coordinates the technical information collection and dissemination program for the entire National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center system. In this capacity, the National Center:
Contact: Marc Caplan, Director, Phone: 1-800/248-2742, Fax: 301/519-5149, E-mail: asknlectc@nlectc.org
NLECTC-Northeast
Grantee/Contractor:
Air Force Research Laboratories, Rome, New York
OJP Sponsor: NIJ
Audience: Law enforcement, corrections, and other criminal justice personnel
Description of Services: The mission of NLECTC-Northeast is to work with government, industry, and academia to identify, evaluate, demonstrate, and assess the adoption of new products and technologies specifically designed to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of law enforcement, corrections, and other criminal justice practitioners. Located at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (USAFRL), NLECTC-NE leverages USAFRL's military expertise in command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence to provide information and assistance with current and new technologies that may have utility for state and local law enforcement and corrections agencies. NLECTC-NE draws on the expertise of Air Force scientists and engineers to develop technologies to detect concealed weapons on people, an effort that is expected to yield a stationary device for use in buildings and hand-held devices for patrol officers.
Contact: John Ritz, Director, Phone: 1-888/338-0584, Fax: 315/330-4315, E-mail: nlectc_ne@rl.af.mil
NLECTC -Southeast
Grantee/Contractor:
South Carolina Research Authority
OJP Sponsor: NIJ
Audience: Law enforcement, corrections, and other criminal justice personnel
Description of Services: NLECTC-SE provides practitioners with hands-on assistance to identify current applications or rapid prototyping of technologies to meet their needs. It also advocates for the law enforcement and corrections communities with the research and development communities, and facilitates the development of long-term projects. NLECTC-SE's areas of expertise include: information technology for law enforcement and corrections, simulation and training, surplus equipment, distance learning, and land transportation security.
Contact: Tommy Sexton, Director, Phone: 1-800/292-4385, Fax: 843/207-7776, E-mail: nlectc-se@nlectc-se.org
NLECTC-Rocky Mountain
Grantee/Contractor:
Denver Research Institute
OJP Sponsor: NIJ
Audience: Law enforcement, corrections, and other criminal justice personnel
Description of Services: NLECTC-Rocky Mountain focuses on communications interoperability and efforts to eliminate the difficulties that often occur when different agencies and jurisdictions try to communicate with one another. This facility works with law enforcement agencies, private industry, and national organizations to implement projects to identify and field test new technologies to help solve the problem of interoperability. It also conducts research on ballistics, weapons technology, and information systems. In addition, NLECTC-Rocky Mountain houses the newly created Crime Mapping Technology Center, the training practical application arm of NIJ's Crime Mapping Research Center, which is staffed by NIJ social scientists and scholars who utilize crime analysis research to improve police field operations and develop crime-mapping software for law enforcement departments.
Contact: Jim Keller, Director, Phone: 1-800/416-8086, Fax: 303/871-2500, E-mail: nlectc@du.edu
NLECTC-West
Grantee/Contractor:
The Aerospace Corporation
OJP Sponsor: NIJ
Audience: Law enforcement, corrections, and other criminal justice personnel
Description of Services: NLECTC-West draws on the Aerospace Corporation's depth of knowledge and scientific expertise to offer law enforcement and corrections agencies the ability to analyze and enhance audio, video, and photographic evidence. This NLECTC facility also has available an extensive array of analytic instrumentation to aid in criminal investigations, such as a scanning electron microscope, an x-ray microscope, and a mass spectrometer, all of which are used to process trace evidence. Other areas of expertise at NLECTC-West include: computer architecture, data processing, communication systems, and vehicle stopping technology.
Contact: Robert Pentz, Director, Phone: 1-888/548-1618, Fax: 310/336-2227, E-mail: nlectc@law-west.org
Border Research and Technology Center
Grantee/Contractor: Sandia National Laboratories
OJP Sponsor:
NIJ
Audience: Law enforcement, corrections, and other criminal justice personnel
Description of Services: The Border Research and Technology Center (BRTC) works with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. Border Patrol, the U.S. Customs Service, the Department of Defense Counterdrug Development Program, the U.S. Coast Guard research and development program, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy/Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC), and the U.S. Attorney for Southern California, as well as state and local law enforcement agencies and organizations operating along the U.S. borders. BRTC works with these agencies and their organizations to develop and implement SENTRI (Secured Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection) technology, as well as human presence detection, seismic sensor upgrade demonstrations, evaluation of night vision and thermal imaging technologies, vehicle immobilization, and communications interoperability.
Contact: Chris Aldridge, Director, Phone: 1-888/656-2782, Fax: 1-888/660-2782, E-mail: brtcchrisa@aol.com
Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization
(OLETC)
Grantee/Contractor: Wheeling Jesuit University
OJP Sponsor: NIJ
Audience: Law enforcement and corrections inventors, developers, and manufacturers
Description of Services: OLETC assists developers and manufacturers in
bringing new products to market. Services include:
Contact: Tom Burgoyne, Director, Phone: 1-888/306-5382, Fax: 304/243-2131, E-mail: tburgoyne@nttc.edu
Operational Systems Support Technical Assistance and
Training
Grantee/Contractor: SEARCH Group, Inc.
OJP
Sponsor: BJA
Audience: State, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies
Description of Services: This program conducts training and provides technical assistance to justice agencies throughout the nation to help determine information system needs, establish system requirements, and design or procure cost-effective, integrated information and workload management systems.
Contact: Dave Roberts, Deputy Director, Phone: 916/392-2555, Fax: 916/392-8440, E-mail: david.roberts@search.org
Information System Automation
and Integration Technical Assistance to State Courts
Grantee/Contractor: SEARCH Group, Inc.
OJP Sponsor: BJA
Audience: State and local courts
Description of Services: Through this project, SEARCH Group, Inc. conducts training and provides technical assistance to justice agencies throughout the nation to increase knowledge and understanding of court information system management; improve information management through the use of computer technology by local and state justice agencies; and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of state and local justice practitioners by developing technical resources and demonstrating the operational benefits of technology. This project is designed to enable state and local justice agencies, particularly those using BJA formula grant funds, to determine system needs, establish system requirements, and design or procure cost-effective, integrated court information and workload management systems.
Contact: Dave Roberts, Deputy Director, Phone: 916/392-2555, Fax: 916/392-8440, E-mail: david.roberts@search.org
Law Enforcement Technical
Assistance/Training
In addition to the following training and technical programs, also see the law enforcement-related projects described in Chapter 9, Enhancing Law Enforcement Initiatives.
Missing and Exploited
Children Training and Technical Assistance Program
Grantee/Contractor:
Fox Valley Technical College
OJP Sponsor: OJJDP
Description of Services: Each year, OJJDP trains more than 4,000 law enforcement officers through its Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program. Comprehensive training courses have been designed to increase skills and abilities, enhance service coordination and delivery, and improve the investigation and handling of missing and exploited children cases. Courses offered include:
Contact: Ron Laney, OJJDP, Phone: 202/616-7323, E-mail: Laney@ojp.usdoj.gov
Juvenile Justice Law
Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Program
Grantee/Contractor: To Be Determined
OJP Sponsor: OJJDP
Audience: State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies
Description of Services: This program provides training and technical assistance to state, local, and tribal law enforcement professionals seeking to increase juvenile accountability and improve their response systems, as part of a collaborative effort to prevent and control juvenile crime and victimization and improve public safety. Workshops offered include:
Contact: Bob Hubbard, OJJDP, Phone: 202/616-3567, E-mail: Hubbard@ojp.usdoj.gov
Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center
Grantee/Contractor: National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children
OJP Sponsor: OJJDP
Audience: State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies
Description of Services: Established in April 1997, the Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center is a cooperative venture among OJJDP, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and two FBI entities (the Child Abduction Serial Killer Unit and the Criminal Justice Information Services Division). The Jimmy Ryce Center offers a wide range of training programs to law enforcement chief executive officers, senior managers, and line officers to increase their awareness of and response to missing and exploited children cases. The CEO Missing and Exploited Children's Seminar is designed to increase awareness and understanding of issues relating to missing and exploited children, and improve agency response and operations for handling these cases.
Contact: Ron Laney, OJJDP, Phone: 202/616-7323, E-mail: Laney@ojp.usdoj.gov
Youth Focused Community Policing
Grantee/Contractor:
Fox Valley Technical College
OJP Sponsor: OJJDP (in partnership with
COPS and the Community Relations Service)
Audience: Empowerment Zone/Economic Community (EZ/EC) jurisdictions
Project Description: The Youth Focused Community Policing (YFCP) initiative assists local jurisdictions in establishing partnerships and dialogues among youth, police, the community, and other agencies of local government. The YFCP initiative provides communities the training and technical assistance necessary to develop a self-assessment instrument and methodology, and to implement, maintain, and evaluate delinquency prevention and control strategies. Fox Valley Technical College primarily provides training and technical assistance to EZ/EC jurisdictions.
Contact: Jeff Slowikowski, OJJDP, Phone: 202/616-3646, E-mail: Jeff@ojp.usdoj.gov
Hate Crime Training Initiative
Grantee/Contractor: Community Research Associates, Inc.
FY99
Funding: $500,000
OJP Sponsor: BJA
Audience: State and local law enforcement officers, policy makers, civil rights advocates, legal community members, and criminal justice practitioners.
Description of Services: Community Research Associates, in partnership with federal agencies, national education and advocacy groups, and state, local, and community officials, will support the presentation of DOJ hate crime curricula to state and local law enforcement agencies. Among this initiative's core activities are regional training sessions for law enforcement officers to be conducted by multidisciplinary teams; coordination with law enforcement professionals and U.S. Attorneys' local anti-hate crime strategies; reports for policy makers and law enforcement personnel describing successful hate crime initiatives now in operation across the country; and a national hate crime education campaign targeting law enforcement, youth, and criminal justice practitioners.
Contact: Jennifer McKinney, Community Research Associates, Inc., Phone: 615/399-9908, Fax: 615/399-9301, E-mail: jmckinney@community-research.com
Investigate
and Surveillance Technology Initiative
Grantee/Contractor:
Institute of Investigate Technology
OJP Sponsor: BJA
Audience: Law enforcement executives and investigators
Description of Services: The Institute of Investigate Technology designs and delivers training in the use of investigative and surveillance technology to approximately 3,500 state and local enforcement officers throughout the United States as part of BJA's Technical Investigative Training Program. This training program consists of 38 one-week courses conducted at 20 regional training sites throughout the U.S. Each course will be comprised of a one-day "Investigative Technology Seminar for The Police Administrator" and four days of "Investigative Technology Training" for investigators. This program provides a technical investigative overview for administrators and intermediate skills development training for investigators.
Contact: John Ramming, Phone: 410/584-2355, Fax: 410/584-2356
Illegal Firearms Investigations Technical Assistance
Grantee/Contractor: International Association of Chiefs of Police
(IACP)
OJP Sponsor: BJA
Audience: State and local law enforcement supervisors, managers, and policy makers
Description of Services: This program is designed to increase the capacity of police departments to conduct investigations into the illegal trafficking and use of firearms. A key element of the training is to fully expose local police departments to the capabilities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) Firearms Tracing Center, and to stress the importance of tracing all crime guns. ATF is a full partner in this effort, and Tracing Center command staff are involved in the technical assistance program.
Contact: Paul Bolton, Project Director, Phone: 703/836-6767, Fax: 703/836-4543, Website: www.theiacp.org
Gang Violence Enforcement Technical Assistance and
Training
Grantee/Contractor: Institute for
Intergovernmental Research
OJP Sponsor: BJA
Audience: State and local law enforcement commanders and prosecutors
Description of Services: This project disseminates lessons learned in BJA-funded projects dealing with street gangs as organized crime and using
Small Jurisdictions Technical Assistance
Grantee/Contractor: International Association of Chiefs of Police
(IACP)
OJP Sponsor: BJA
Audience: Small urban or suburban police departments serving a population of 25,000 or fewer, located or contiguous to a Metropolitan Statistical Area, or small police departments that serve a population between 25,000 and 50,000 regardless of location. This includes tribal police.
Description of Services: IACP provides technical assistance to small police departments to customize their policies and procedures to meet their unique needs and to teach them how to network with other justice agencies to mobilize, share information, and seek resources. Services include: executive development, recruitment of minorities, use of two officer police vehicles, technology applications, emergency transport, identification of grant resources, task force creation, governmental relations, and implementation of community policing.
Contact: John Firman, Director of Research, Phone: 703/836-6767, Fax: 703/836-4543, Website: www.theiacp.org
Center for Task Force
Training (CenTF)
Grantee/Contractor: Institute for Intergovernmental Research
OJP Sponsor: BJA
Audience: State, local, and tribal task force commanders
Description of Services: The CenTF program develops and implements management and operational training for commanders of task forces involved in centrally coordinated, multi-agency responses to drug crimes. The CenTF training program addresses emerging and high-risk drug problems, including the investigation of methamphetamine trafficking and street gangs as criminal organizations.
Contact: Emory Williams, Phone: 850/385-0600, Fax: 505/298-7292
In addition to the above OJP initiatives, law enforcement TA and training is also available through the Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). For further information, see COPS' Website at www.usdoj.gov/cops/ or call the Department of Justice Response Center toll-free at 1-800/421-6770.
Adjudication Technical Assistance/Training
Adjudication
System Technical Assistance Project
Grantee/Contractor:
American University
OJP Sponsor: BJA
Audience: State and local court and other criminal justice officials
Description of Services: In partnership with the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, the Pretrial Services Resource Center, and the Justice Management Institute, American University provides technical assistance to state and local criminal courts and to other adjudication systems, such as pretrial and defense. This technical assistance includes onsite consultation to individual courts and jurisdictions by senior practitioner experts drawn from the national adjudication system community and from senior staff of the consortium organizations; self-help workshops for judicial system representatives on topics of common interest; publication of best-practice guides on topics of importance to judicial system planning and operations; and office-based assistance provided by senior staff of the consortium organizations.
Contact: American University, Phone: 202/885-2875, Fax: 202/885-2885, E-mail: justice@american.edu, Website: www.american.edu/justice
Assessment and Enhancement of
Indigent Defense Services
Grantee/Contractor: National
Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA)
OJP Sponsor: BJA
Audience: State and local indigent defense organizations
Description of Services: This project helps state and local indigent defense organizations improve the management of drug and violent crime cases. NLADA develops and distributes comprehensive evaluation instruments for the project's onsite training and various technical assistance initiatives. The results of the training will be analyzed to improve and expand future technical assistance to the defender community. NLADA will also begin an in depth study of defender caseloads and workloads that will be an important resource for updating caseload standards.
Contact: National Legal Aid and Defender Association, Phone: 202/452-0620, Fax: 202/872-1031, E-mail: info@nlada.org, Website: www.nlada.org