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LEO Roll Call: Week of 4/19/2021 (Women in Policing)

It has been more than 100 years since Alice Stebbin Wells became the first “policewoman” when she joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1910. Today, roughly 12.7 percent of law enforcement officers are women, but a new national initiative is focused on raising the number of women in sworn positions to 30 percent by 2030. Join Deputy Chief Valerie Cunningham as she discusses issues women face in policing and how police agencies can commit to becoming more inclusive workplaces.

What’s New in Blue: Women in Policing feat. Deputy Chief Valerie Cunningham

Why We Need More Women in Policing and How to Achieve it

(Courtesy of cops.usdoj.gov)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 4/12/2021 (Recognizing Domestic Violence Strangulation)

Learn more about the signs and symptoms, identifiers, and consequences of strangulation in this roll call video created for law enforcement officers by the Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention.  The Training Institute also offers a free customized brochure for your agency called Facts Victims of Strangulation Need to Know. Click here for the brochure link.

The Last Warning Shot Roll Call Video

(Courtesy of familyjusticecenter.org)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 4/5/2021 (Heatstroke Prevention)

As the weather warms, it is time to start thinking about summer safety. Heatstroke is one of the leading causes of vehicular not-in-traffic non-crash-related deaths for children under 14. Sadly, from 1998-2020, a total of 882 children died due to vehicular heatstroke. This tragedy is 100% preventable.

National Heatstroke Prevention Day is May 1, 2021. Help the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration share life-saving tips and resources with the Heatstroke Prevention Toolkit.

NHTSA Marketing Campaign Materials

(Courtesy of trafficsafetymarketing.gov)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 3/29/2021 (Drug Endangered Children)

This training video from the COPS office – What’s New in Blue series features a retired law enforcement officer, now Director of Training and Development for the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children, Eric Nation. Eric discusses his experiences with numerous cases involving children who suffered physical or emotional harm because of drug use, possession, manufacturing, and distribution. He shares ways to identify at-risk children and ideas to coordinate the various systems and disciplines that provide services to these children and families.

Drug Endangered Children featuring Eric Nation

(Courtesy of cops.usdoj.gov)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 3/22/2021 (Artificial Intelligence)

This technology brief from the Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium – a program of the National Institute of Justice gives an overview of artificial intelligence applications and considerations for state, local, and tribal law enforcement.  AI has the power to improve efficiency, increase data-driven practices, and expand capabilities within law enforcement. The brief provides examples of AI applications in use by law enforcement today and summarizes critical risks to consider when deploying AI systems into the future.

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Law Enforcement

(Courtesy of cjtec.org)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 3/15/2021 (Responder Wellness – FirstNet Program)

The latest blog from the IACP titled Our Commitment to Caring discusses the importance of responder wellness and FirstNet’s commitment to supporting first responders.  The FirstNet Program is the first high-speed, nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to public safety. The short introductory video below explains this emerging public safety resource.

Deploying Broadband Network Responders Need (FirstNet.com)

(Courtesy of theiacp.org)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 3/8/2021 (Get to Know CRI-TAC)

The Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC) program provides critical and tailored technical assistance resources to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies on a wide variety of topics. It features a “by the field, for the field” approach while delivering individualized technical assistance using leading experts in a range of public safety, crime reduction, and community policing topics. CRI-TAC is a public service and is offered at no cost to your agency. Learn more about CRI–TAC’s areas of assistance, resources, and how to request assistance from their introductory video or by visiting their website, linked below.

Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance Center

(Courtesy of cops.usdoj.gov)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 3/1/2021 (Technology Evidence)

Technology evidence may strengthen intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and violence against women cases by providing tangible proof. It may also help negotiate pleas or settlements, obtain confessions or guilty verdicts, or relieve some of the pressure on victims to testify against their perpetrator. As part of a grant supported by US DOJ-OVW, the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Safety Net Project has created The Legal Systems Toolkit to help stakeholders, including Law Enforcement and others, identify what technology is relevant to a case and how to use technology evidence to hold offenders accountable.

A Primer for Using the Legal Systems Toolkit

(Courtesy of techsafety.org)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 2/22/2021 (Officer Resiliency)

Resilient Minds on the Front Lines is a program developed to support law enforcement and other first responders with tools and techniques that can help them cope with the stress inherent to the profession. As highlighted on The Beat podcast series from the COPS Office at the Department of Justice, the Resilient Minds on the Front Lines website includes webcasts, podcasts, quick tips, recipes and many more resources designed to teach resiliency concepts and skills.

Introduction Video – Resilient Minds on the Front Lines

(Courtesy of onthefrontlines.us)

LEO Roll Call: Week of 2/15/2021 (Electric Vehicle Crash Safety)

A new National Transportation Safety Board report offers safety recommendations for emergency response involving electric vehicles and hybrid-electric vehicles equipped with high-voltage batteries. Law enforcement personnel are encouraged to review the report to stay up to date on the latest safety advisories for responding to vehicle crashes of this nature. The NHTSA’s guidance for responding to emergency incidents involving these types of vehicles is included here. The full report can be accessed in the link below.

Risks to Emergency Responders from High-Voltage, Lithium-Ion Battery Fires Addressed in Safety Report (ntsb.gov)

(Courtesy of nhtsa.gov)