During this webinar, the presenters will provide a detailed overview of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA's) FY 2023 Adult Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program solicitation and allow an opportunity for interested applicants to ask questions. Webinar preregistration is required for all participants. To use the time most efficiently, BJA encourages participants to review the solicitation and submit any questions they may have in adv...

Join this virtual meeting for an introduction of the GSA's Facilities Maintenance and Management Schedule. In this virtual 1 hour training session you can expect: An introduction of the Facilities Maintenance and Management Schedule To have a better understanding of the facilities related solutions that are available on the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Ordering options and flexible features Helpful tips on how to use the schedule and gain acc...

What you'll learn: Deep understanding of fire chemistry and Fire extinguishing philosophy. Life time Clear crystal Concept of Fire Classifications and Facts behind fire classification. Various Types of Fire smoke detectors and their working principle. Be familiar about various types of fire extinguishers with digestible highly rich valuable information. Proper fire extinguisher Selection Criteria Professional way to use fire extinguisher to ef...

In public safety, every second counts. Not just a paramedic unit arriving on the scene for a heart attack or for COVID. How about law enforcement showing up on scene to a fight to find 20 people in a clash? Would it be beneficial for the fire department, to respond to an alarm for a big box store, to have size up before arriving, so additional alarms could be called before arriving on the scene? The Drone as a First Responder program also know...

Jail correctional officers, prison staff, and juvenile staff work inside facilities where operations are governed by policies and procedures. All staff, both sworn and non-sworn, must keep a step ahead of the inmates and their con-games and schemes. Inmates will attempt to circumvent corrections staff authority and create cracks in the security network. While officers and staff may think that all is well and operations are running smoothly, in...

Equipping field personnel with smartphones can increase situational awareness, expand capabilities, and enhance community engagement. Smartphones can even serve as effective body-worn cameras and deliver a level of utility that far exceeds single-purpose devices. Chief Todd Lemoine, Kimberling City Police Department, Missouri, decided to use the compact Samsung Z Flip smartphone paired with Visual Labs software to equip his officers with a fea...

Traditionally, by the time a family becomes known to a child welfare agency, they are already in crisis. The Family First Prevention Services Act, was a good start in allowing funding for prevention services to be provided to a family in need, but it is not enough. Preventing crisis requires cross programmatic service delivery models that include a vast array of programs, providers and other community partners in health and human services. It...

The recent national conversation on race and policing – combined with the global pandemic and escalating demand for mental health support – has elevated student, faculty, and staff concerns about campus law enforcement and safety more broadly. This has put new pressures on campus leaders to balance safety obligations and risks with stakeholder needs and preferences. To effectively navigate these pressures, leaders need to start by...

Public safety and law enforcement agencies are inundated with data from field incident reports, calls for service, traffic stops, body cameras, mugshots, subpoenaed cell phone records, and seized cellphone images. Yet they lack the tools to find the connections in all that data that generate leads and evidence. The data is all there, so why is it so difficult and time-consuming? The problem is that it is not easy to do a single search across a...

The Texas Department of Public Safety is one of the largest state patrols in the country and has an area of responsibility of almost 270,000 square miles. Texas DPS has recently expanded its use of smartphones to include issuance of mobile devices to all officers. The agency established a Solutions Center to effectively work through bureaucratic constraints and provide space for collaboration that would identify business and operational soluti...