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LEO Roll Call: Week of 8/3/2020 (National Incident-Based Reporting System – NIBRS)

The UCR program is retiring the SRS and will transition to NIBRS-only data collection by January 1, 2021.The FBI has made nationwide implementation a top priority because NIBRS can provide more useful statistics to promote constructive discussion, measured planning, and informed policing. The vision for NIBRS is for it to become the law enforcement community’s standard for quantifying crime, which will help law enforcement and communities around the country use resources more strategically and effectively. Click on the links below to read more about the NIBRS and to see what is happening in your state.

30 Faqs About NIBRS Transition

Crime Data Explorer

(Courtesy of fbi.gov)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 7/27/2020 (Community Police Relations)

Trust and transparency between law enforcement agencies and the people they serve is vital to community stability, officer safety, and effective policing. The IACP is sharing tools to help agencies build a solid foundation for that trust. The resources and tools are designed to enhance the culture, policies, and practices which will unite agencies with their communities.

Starting With What Works Brochure

IACP Communities of Color Toolkit

(Courtesy of the IACP.org)

 

LEO Roll Call: Week of 7/20/2020 (Defunding the Police)

With the push by some concerned and frustrated citizens to defund police, the International Association of Chiefs of Police shows its full commitment to the law enforcement profession with its statement on defunding police, including potential negative effects of defunding police agencies and its recommendations for law enforcement agencies to “move beyond the pain and frustration to identify, develop, and implement systemic solutions to build safer, more just communities.”

IACPs Statement on Defunding the Police

The Challenge Before Us

(Courtesy of theIACP.org)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 7/6/2020 (Recording Police Activity)

Members of the public, including media representatives, have an unambiguous First Amendment right to record officers in public places, as long as their actions do not interfere with the officer’s duties or the safety of officers or others. Officers should assume that they are being recorded at all times when on duty in a public space.

These documents provide officers with guidance for dealing with situations in which they are being recorded, to include photographing, videotaping, audiotaping, or both, by members of the public or the press.

Policy

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(Courtesy of theiacp.org)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 6/29/2020 (Law Enforcement and the Transgender Community)

This roll call training video, narrated by D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Lieutenant Brett Parson, features scenarios of three of the most common ways law enforcement encounters members of the transgender communities and provides information, tools, and techniques to help ensure your interactions with them are mutually respectful and professional.

The Community Relations Service (CRS), a component of the Department of Justice (DOJ), serves as “America’s Peacemaker” for communities in conflict by mediating disputes and enhancing community capacity to independently prevent and resolve future conflicts.

LEO Roll Call: Week of 6/22/2020 (Pick Six to Stop COVID-19 Fraud)

Click on this video link (from justice.gov) to see United States Attorney Grant Jaquith’s six minute message regarding fighting COVID-19 fraud, including examples of scams and tips to thwart them.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York is working closely with our federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners and prioritizing efforts to stop and punish criminal activity related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.  To report COVID-19 fraud and other crimes,  please contact the National Center for Disaster Fraud Hotline at (866) 720-5721 or https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud.

You can find up-to-date and reliable information online about COVID-19 at https://www.coronavirus.gov and  the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website, https://www.cdc.gov.

LEO Roll Call: Week of 6/15/2020 (Crowd Management)

Civil disturbances and demonstrations have changed over the years, as have the tactics and techniques of law enforcement agencies called upon to manage and control them. These documents identify common principles of crowd policing that have been shown to serve the best interest of law enforcement agencies, their communities, and those who crowd participants.

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Need to Know

(Courtesy of theiacp.org)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 6/8/2020 (Mental Health Training Series – Module 7)

Learn the skills needed to keep your officers and the community safe. Roll Call Mental Health Training is a series of web-based training modules that provide officers with tools to readily identify the signs of mental illness in the field and to safely and effectively de-escalate these encounters. Funded by a grant from The Ahmanson Foundation.

The Guidance Center partnered with Long Beach and Los Angeles Police Departments and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to develop a series of web-based trainings for any local or state law enforcement agency across the country to use.

First responders are at a greater risk than the general population for emotional disturbances, mental illness, and suicide because of the demands of the job. Dealing with grief and loss is a part of being a law enforcement professional. Make staying healthy a part of it, too.

This module covers supportive organizations outside of department for law enforcement and their families who are struggling, common signs of mental health issues like depression, and tips for reducing personal fatigue and promoting positive mental health.

Click here to watch the video (use password Rollcall to view).

LEO Roll Call: Week of 6/1/2020 (Mental Health Training Series – Module 6)

Learn the skills needed to keep your officers and the community safe. Roll Call Mental Health Training is a series of web-based training modules that provide officers with tools to readily identify the signs of mental illness in the field and to safely and effectively de-escalate these encounters. Funded by a grant from The Ahmanson Foundation.

The Guidance Center partnered with Long Beach and Los Angeles Police Departments and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to develop a series of web-based trainings for any local or state law enforcement agency across the country to use.

It can be frustrating to spend the time to assess a person, write an involuntary hold, find a psychiatric bed and transport to the hospital only to see the person walk past you in the parking lot released by the hospital staff.

This module explains statutory requirements needed in order to conduct an effective mental health assessment and provides practical tips to properly document that on the application you’re completing.

Click here to watch the video (use password Rollcall to view).