Legal Issues

BJA requested travel support for representatives from various agencies to attend the JFAA TTA Meeting. BJA NTTAC provided travel support to 12 representatives from various agencies to attend the TTA meeting on June 7, 2018 in Washington, DC.

The Virgin Island Department of Justice requested training for local law enforcement and detectives in the investigation and prosecution of violent and financial crimes. BJA NTTAC referred this request to the Police Executive Research Forum.

The Virgin Island Department of Justice requested training for local law enforcement and detectives in the investigation and prosecution of violent and financial crimes. BJA NTTAC is coordinating with multiple partners to scope this request and provide assistance.

The Jackson (MS) Violence Reduction Network (VRN) site requested support to host a homicide investigations management training. The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) was selected to fulfill the training request and delivered a three-day course with a team of four subject matter experts to 36 participants representing the Jackson Police Department and other regional agencies on May 1 - 3, 2017 in Jackson, Mississippi.

The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department (PD) requested two Blue Courage: The Heart and Mind of the Guardian trainings and one Blue Courage Academy. Blue Courage, Inc. was selected to fulfill the request and provided the two two-day trainings on April 12 - 13, 2017 and May 4 - 5, 2017, to 62 law enforcement personnel, and the four-day academy on June 6 - 9, 2017 to 20 law enforcement personnel in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision requested training on implicit bias. This engagement was referred to the OJP Diagnostic Center in January 2017.

The American Bar Association requested technical assistance in updating the Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System document. The request was denied by BJA and not fulfilled by BJA NTTAC.

The Kansas City Missouri Police Departments Regional Training Academy had the opportunity to bring in the Blue Courage course for a select few of our members. All who attended found great value in the course and the messages that are given. Due to current fiscal constraints, we are not able to fund this training on a recurring basis during the current or coming fiscal year.

Our Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (and staff) is interested in training on implicit bias.

The ABA seeks to update the Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System. The ABA Ten Principles are the most influential statement on public defense today:

• States and nations build and improve defender systems using the Principles.

• The Principles guide U.S.D.O.J. public defense grant making.

• The United Nations modeled global standards on the Principles.

As Attorney General Eric Holder has said, the Ten Principles give “shape to our aspirations” and “quite literally set the standard, and developed a framework, for progress.”