Investigations

The NRTAC team provided two onsite training sessions—one on firearms identification and one on interviewing victims and witnesses in a crime gun investigation—for investigators from law enforcement agencies throughout Connecticut. Subject matter experts Mark Kraft and Kevin Armbruster delivered the content. The training informed attendees how to identify a firearm for accurate trace results and how to effectively engage and interview victims and witnesses to foster collaboration in a crime gun investigation. After the joint training, Mr.

BJA requested the presence and participation of the NRTAC team at the IACP 2024 Annual Conference held from October 19-22 in Boston, Massachusetts. This four-day event featured training, networking opportunities, and educational workshops on various topics important to law enforcement and the work of NRTAC. The NRTAC was invited to participate in a BJA TTA roundtable on the fourth day. Mr. Alan Hughes from the National Policing Institute (NPI) represented the NRTAC in the roundtable, which highlighted the various TTA resources NTTAC can provide to agencies throughout the country.

The NRTAC team provided four onsite training sessions on Firearms Identification and Crime Gun Intelligence Exploitation for the Louisville (KY) Police Department, with subject matter expert Mark Kraft delivering the content. The training informed attendees about how to identify a firearm for accurate trace results and how crime gun intelligence can be used to investigate and prosecute NIBIN-related cases.

NRTAC member Alan Hughes and NRTAC subject matter expert Kevin Armbruster visited the Wichita, Kansas, CGIC. There, they engaged with Wichita Police Department (WPD) Chief Joseph Sullivan and his CGIC executive leadership team and advocated for the sustainability of the Wichita CGIC program beyond the BJA local-CGIC grant period of performance set to end in Fiscal Year 2024.

The NRTAC team provided an onsite training session on evidence-based prosecution of gun crime for prosecutors and prosecution investigators throughout Connecticut. Subject matter experts Kristine Hamann, Carla Taylor, Sophia Roach, and Robert Troyer delivered the content. The training informed attendees how to effectively prosecute gun crime cases by leveraging crime gun intelligence, victim and witness collaboration, and supplemental types of evidence in the courtroom.

The NRTAC team planned and arranged for BJA Deputy Director Ruby Qazilbash and BJA Senior Policy Advisor Tammy Brown to visit the Wilmington, Delaware, CGIC. NRTAC member Humberto Cardounel and NRTAC subject matter expert Greg Carlin joined BJA on their visit. The purpose of the site visit was to allow BJA Deputy Director Qazilbash to visit a well-functioning CGIC to better understand the CGIC workflow and the role of NRTAC in supporting the implementation of the CGIC model in BJA-funded jurisdictions.

Orientation for FY24 IPS Sites

Assisting with preparation for PSP Conference

Information on grant funding for prosecution offices

York Co. NE TTA request