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Practices like multitasking and not wearing seat belts while driving place officers at significantly greater risk, so why do officers to do them? Often, these actions are directly related to organizational culture, training, and peer anecdotes, which can override agency training, policies, and procedures. This presentation will engage participants in a lively discussion about some common misconceptions in law enforcement and draw upon research and instructor testimonials to provide actionable steps attendees and their agencies can take to improve officer safety on the roadways.

MPI provided technical assistance and training to the three designated grantees under this funding. Each of these partners received Technical Assistance in the form of program implementation, fiscal stewardship, data collection and tracking and had access to the Metropolitan Peace Academy - the professional development arm of the Metropolitan Peace Initiatives.

Delivered a comprehensive review of the opioid crisis, including an overview of the regional data center, its need and potential impact, advance notice of its features, and connections between these efforts and other regional initiatives.

Wellness Court Specialist Alyssa Harrold joined All Rise's Community Supervision Training in Okalhoma City, Oklahoma. Two of the three tribes in attendance were current grantees: Trinidad Rancheria (FY22 Adult Treatment Court grantee) and Yavapai Apache (FY23 Adults Treatment Court grantee).

January 2024 the PRC secured Alex Stojsavljevic, from the PREA Management Office at BJA to speak. Stoysavljevic presented to the members on the importance of direct care staff establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries with the juveniles they supervise. Establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries establishes a more effective staff-to-youth relationship which can help prevent inappropriate relationships from developing between staff and youth.

January 2024 the PRC secured Alex Stojsavljevic, from the PREA Management Office at BJA to speak. Stoysavljevic presented to the members on the importance of direct care staff establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries with the juveniles they supervise. Establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries establishes a more effective staff-to-youth relationship which can help prevent inappropriate relationships from developing between staff and youth.

On February 9th Dr. Laura Wyckoff presented the work and vision for the Lab to the NPI Fellows. The NPI Fellows are current or former members of criminal justice organizations whose knowledge, experience, and skills help support and advance NPI's mission. The approximately 60 Fellows work on specific projects, represent NPI in meetings and conferences, and develop substantive thought pieces and resources to address the pressing issues facing policing. The Fellows were asked to bring the ideas of the Knowledge Lab to their agencies and the field.

NRTAC member Joseph Milek was to attend the 2024 LeadsOnline Conference in Kansas City, MO. As part of the NRTAC’s participation, Joseph was to attend the conference events to network with current local CGIC grantees and learn about existing violent crime reduction strategies initiatives to support violent crime reduction across the United States. Unfortunately, due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, Joseph wasn't able to attend the conference.

NRTAC subject matter experts Joshua May and Jessica Ellefritz conducted a site assessment of the Austin Police Department (APD) Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC) on June 5-6, 2023. Mr. May and Ms. Ellefritz conducted interviews with individual members of the CGIC according to their roles in the CGIC workflow. The team interviewed individuals involved in steps two through five of the CGIC process, including evidence recovery and processing, NIBIN entry, investigation, analysis, performance measure tracking, and criminal justice stakeholder collaboration.