Investigations

The Boston (MA) Police Department requested a connection be made between them and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), an organization that the IACP has partnered with. The goal of this connection is to gain insight from RILA on Boston PD's Safe Shopping Initiative, an initiative created by Boston PD, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, and several private sector partners within the City of Boston to address various critical concerns related to safety and security in retail environments.

The Amarillo, Texas Police Department (APD) hosted six PSP site attendees for a 1-day peer exchange. Common themes included how the APD staffs its real-time crime center (which the APD calls the Amarillo Regional Crime Center, or ARCC), the ARCC’s core functions, and how the ARCC relates to other processes, such as traditional crime analysis.

Robert Dean attended a BJA-hosted Office Hours session for all COLD grantees and answered questions in real time for the COLD grantee participants.

An interactive discussion highlighting the importance of proper crime scene response to fatal and nonfatal shooting incidents and discuss evidence analysis processes including firearm examination, DNA collection and analysis, and latent fingerprint collection and analysis.

This webinar discusses the role of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), crime gun intelligence, and crime gun intelligence centers in fatal and nonfatal shooting investigations.