Violence Reduction Network

Newark VRN requests CPTED training.

Wilmington, a VRN site, has requested four sessions of Blue Courage training (for 60 participants each).

The Wilmington VRN site requests training for Wilmington Police Department’s (PD) crime analysts. The analysts will attend a week-long Introduction to Crime Analysis training offered by Temple University’s (PA) Center for Security and Crime Science. Individuals from Camden County (NJ) Police Department and Newark (NJ) Police Department will also attend the training. Crime analysts from the Baltimore (MD) Police Department have been invited, and other neighboring jurisdictions may also be invited to participate.

BJA NTTAC will pay for travel expenses for six members of the Detroit VRN team to travel to El Paso, TX to meet with staff at the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC). Detroit VRN will send representatives from the Detroit Police Department, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, and Detroit Public Schools Police Department.

BJA NTTAC will pay for travel expenses for three individuals to attend the VRN Summit in Detroit, MI.

Our request is for an assessment of our crime analysis capabilities and assistance in improving our ability to can leverage as well as improve our analysis. We are interested in receiving training on social media network analysis to identify connections between crime victims as well as suspects as a means of predictive analysis on violent crime.

The Camden County Police Department (CCPD) is requesting assistance to enhance its crime analysis program. The Department is seeking an assessment of its technology infrastructure, data sources, and personnel resources to support this effort.

In August 2014 the City of Wilmington was selected to participate in the DOJ's Violence Reduction Network. Within this program, over the next two years Wilmington will be seeking assistance from the BJA in the areas of technology, crime analysis, intelligence, grant preparation and community building.