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Causes: Homeless & Housing, Housing Development, Construction & Management
Mission: Education/training/research/information sharing
Programs: Training programs - develop and provide specialized training and technical assistance from recognized subject matter experts and other resources to improve justice information sharing through effective implementation of criminal intelligence systems and enhanced development of privacy and civil liberties policies by law enforcement agencies; to focus on criminal intelligence sharing, the intelligence function, intelligence-led policing and legal and privacy issues; to prepare agency commanders to effectively implement and manage a mutlifaceted intelligence function; to increase the operational effectiveness of multijurisdictional task forces and emphasize officer safety and task force performance measurment; to enhance the understanding of federal guidelines that govern project planning, management, implementation, administration and assessment by emphasizing problem identification and data gathering, project strategy and design, community partnerships development and management strategies; to combat domestic and international terrorism and other extremist criminal activity by providing various tools and resources neccessary for law enforcement personnel to understand, detect, deter, and investigate acts of terrorism. To improve the immediate and long term health, wellness and safety of law enforcement professionals through the development and delivery of knowledge and skill-based training.
gang programs - develop and provide information and resources to assist in the development of effective anti-gang prevention and intervention strategies. Provide technical assistance; produce and desseminate informational and educational materials; develop anti-gang curricula to improve the level of knowledge, communication and collaboration among criminal justice and community organizations; and deliver training to local, state, tribal and federal law enforcement and to gang intervention and prevention professionals.
regional information sharing systems (riss) - provide support to riss, which is a national program of regionally oriented services designed to enhance the ability of local, state, federal and tribal criminal justice agencies to identify, target and combat crimes of all types spanning multijurisdictional, multistate and sometimes international boundaries; to facilitate rapid exchange and sharing of information among the agencies pertaining to known suspected criminals or criminal activity; and to enhance cordination and communication among agencies that are in pursuit of criminal activities determined to be interjurisdictional in nature. Riss offers services, tools and resources to aid law enforcement and criminal justice entities to identify, disrupt and prevent terrorist and criminal activities, and to promote officer safety.
information sharing programs - 2,736,547 expenses; 178,522 revenues: iir provides support for the global justice information sharing effort to facilitate the broad scale exchange of pertinent justice and public safety data, as well as the promotion of standards-based electronic information exchange in a secure and trusted environment. Coordinates with state, local. Tribal and federal law enforcement and homeland security agencies, including fusion centers, to develop, disseminate and support enterprise- wide information exchange standards and processes that can enable jurisdictions to effectively share critical information in emergency situations, as well as support the day-to-day operations of agencies throughout the nation. National sex offender registries - 862,231 expenses; 0 revenues - provide support, coordination, and technical assistance for the dru sjodin national sex offender public website, the sex offender registration and notification act exchange portal and the tribe and territory sex offender registry system. Other programs - 1,507,307 expenses; 351,625 revenues - provide support and technical assistance to other criminal justice related programs.