Across the country, people in many jurisdictions who frequently encounter criminal justice, behavioral health, and social service systems are experiencing behavioral health crises and require different levels and intensities of services. This three-part series features three Stepping Up Innovator Counties that are also MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge sites. Representatives from these sites provide information on how to effect...

eCrime actors have continually sought to capitalize on current events, human emotion, and sensitive data to manipulate real human behaviors as part of a cyber attack. This brief will cover the necessary circumstances and infrastructure used in recent social engineering techniques to lure past victims – including public sector and educational institutions – into providing information or performing actions that support financially-mo...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many courts across the United States had to close their doors to the public. The Superior Court of California - San Joaquin County closed to the public from March 2020 to July 2021. During that time, the public had minimal outlets to ask questions, inquire about payment plans or contest tickets. To avoid further backlog and safely connect with constituents, the San Joaquin Superior Court launched an online traffic...

The SMILE Conference is the leading training conference devoted to Social Media, the Internet and Law Enforcement initiatives. The SMILE Conference is the world’s premier source for training for police in the use of social media for community outreach, event management, and investigations. The 17th SMILEcon is now TWO conferences spanning five days. The new iSMILE is Investigator’s SMILEcon and will feature three whole days of inve...

Proficiency and Confidence are at the forefront of law enforcement use of force discussions. This particular session will begin to dive into the leadership aspects as to how law enforcement officers have trained, are training, and possibly should be training to produce society with proficiently confident societal protectors. The session will breakdown current training methodologies and compare them to current research.

Counties are on the front lines of providing justice and public safety services, from policing to courts to jails. In this space, county leaders are constantly facing data overload, budget uncertainties, increased public expectations, lack of transparency, a pressure to close more cases and disclose evidence faster, a need to do more with less. To address these challenges, county departments, from sheriffs to prosecutor’s offices are now...

In this webinar series, Jake Williams takes a hands-on approach to forensics packet analysis, using real-world examples to demonstrate how to analyze network packet data to uncover and investigate threats. The series takes a protocol-by-protocol approach. It is an ideal introduction to packet forensics for beginners and a great source of expert tips and tricks for more experienced security analysts. In this episode Jake takes a deep dive into...

Allowing tactical paramedics to make entry with SWAT and law enforcement tactical units is becoming increasingly more popular around the world. Lives are being saved with medical personnel present to perform lifesaving treatments within seconds of injury. TEMS providers and conventional EMS have different care priorities while seeking similar outcomes. EMT and paramedic training programs do not comprehensively address law enforcement operation...

With over $2.2 billion in recoveries for the Department of Justice (DOJ) in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and the False Claims Act (FCA) in 2020, statistics confirm that the FCA remains an effective and important enforcement tool for the DOJ. Government contractors and companies that do business with government contractors should be wary of being the target of potential enforcement action in 2021 and beyond. In thi...

Public transit is key to revitalizing urban centers as cities focus their post-COVID recovery efforts. In most places, that means bus transit. And transportation leaders across the country are looking at programs to make their buses run more effectively and efficiently. One important way cities are improving their bus network is by creating or expanding bus-only or transit-only lanes. Some transit agencies have partnered with their Department...