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The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys’ Child Abuse Prosecution Project will present a National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This three-day, tuition-free conference will feature nationally known speakers and will showcase cutting-edge workshops for child abuse prosecutors and their multidisciplinary teams. This conference is co-sponsored by the Salt Lake County, Utah District Attorney’s Office, the Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, and the National Children’s Advocacy Center.

Join the Vera Institute of Justice and the National Disability Rights Network for the webinar “Applying the Americans with Disabilities Act to Arrests and Prosecutions,” on Thursday, September 12 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET.

This webinar will focus on how to do an advanced investigation into cockfighting operations. The speaker will focus on state police flyovers, wildlife cameras, surveillance, and other techniques to make a successful cockfighting investigation. Using drug taskforces already in place, he trains them to know what a game fowl farm looks like. The presenter will explore how all the players are involved in an organized pit and how you can utilize relatives to make cases against the perpetrator. He will also explore how to questions cockfighters and get the most out of an interview.

Animal cruelty cases can be tricky due to the evidence, and reporting collateral crimes to other agencies is important. Whether you are dealing with a case involving one animal or multiple animals, it is important to investigate and prepare the case for successful prosecution.

AEquitas and project staff worked with the sites to determine the prevalence of witness intimidation in their jurisdiction and the challenges that hinder victim/witness cooperation. Involved initial site visits to three sites on the following dates:

Baton Rouge: 1/31/2018 to 2/1/2018
Boston: 2/28/2018 to 3/1/2018
Baltimore: 2/12/2018 to 2/13/2018; 3/29/2018

Visit with sites to convene stakeholders to form or address action team and to guide assessment and lead implementation of an action plan.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance requested travel support for representatives from Public Safety Partnership (PSP) sites to attend the Intelligence Driven Prosecution: An Innovation Summit. BJA NTTAC provided travel support for 1 individuals from the Newark PSP site to attend the event from March 12 - 13, 2018 in New York, New York.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance requested travel support for representatives from Public Safety Partnership (PSP) sites to attend the Intelligence Driven Prosecution: An Innovation Summit. BJA NTTAC provided travel support for 1 individuals from the Milwaukee PSP site to attend the event from March 12 - 13, 2018 in New York, New York.

Sustaining effective, innovative, and evidence-based strategies is the cornerstone for Smart Prosecution practices. This webinar will highlight key elements for developing sustainment strategies, including: identifying principles for sustainability; creating meaningful partnerships; understanding the importance of engaging state administrative agencies; and identifying common challenges to program sustainment.

This event will be hosted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in collaboration with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force. Agenda topics for this event will include information regarding labor trafficking victim identification; strategies for labor trafficking investigations and prosecutions; effective labor trafficking survivor interviewing and response; and multidisciplinary collaborations on labor trafficking investigations.