Drugs

It is essential to campus safety efforts that there be a vehicle for identifying, in concert with campus executives, emerging public safety and emergency management challenges and potential solutions. To this end, the NCCPS facilitates emerging issues forums to convene subject matter experts, practitioners, relevant professional association members, and government agency representatives to devise consensus strategies for successfully addressing identified challenges in specific topic areas.

Douglas County has seen an increase in the female jail population and they have pegged this to addiction and mental health issues. The county requests help in planning a post- arraignment program for women charged with felonies and misdemeanors.

Ho-Chunk Nation hosted a youth suicide prevention conference. NCJTC sent one staff to present on alcohol, drugs, and suicide.

Native American youth are impacted by unique and challenging threats that affect their physical and emotional development and well-being. Often tribal communities do not have the same access to the necessary resources for addressing these threats. The Crimes Against Children in Indian Country (CACIC) Conference was formed in response to the often unmet needs of Native youth. The advisory/planning committee is made up of representatives from a wide range of tribal and non-tribal law enforcement, government, and social service agencies.

The Pre-Conference for the Multi-Jurisdictional Law Enforcement Training Conference, “Justice System Approaches to Address Alcohol and Substance Abuse” will focus on a justice-system wide approaches to address alcohol and substance abuse and associated crimes. Frequently, offenders who enter into the justice system reoffend after being released from mandated supervision. Re-offending creates additional challenges within the home, family, and community as a whole.