Legal Issues

The 26th Judicial District is seeking training and technical assistance from a multi-disciplinary team to design an approach using best practices for the scheduling cases from filing to disposition and the management of the docket within the courtroom itself. Achieving buy-in from court officials with diverse perspectives is key. This effort will result in a more productive courtroom and effective utilization of courtroom time.

Requesting a study of Philadelphia's indigent defense delivery system. To date, Philadelphia has never conducted a comprehensive, professional study to determine which type of conflict counsel indigent defense delivery system best meets the needs of the City’s criminal, delinquency and dependency court systems. It is prudent for the policymakers of Philadelphia to decide for themselves the appropriate model for delivering conflict services, rather than having something imposed on it through costly litigation.

Dane County, Wisconsin ranks as the nation's highest county in racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Our pre-trial services need to learn best practices to facilitate a reduction in racial disparities and earlier resolution of cases.

Community Justice 2014, which is being hosted by the Center for Court Innovation in partnership with the U.S.

In April, the York County District Attorney's Office created an Intelligence Analyst position. Over the past six months, the analyst has attended a few trainings on technology and privacy issues, but has not attended a dedicated training for a civilian analyst. We are looking to acquire training that would help provide our office and our local law enforcement officers with additional benefits while hoping to jump-start our intelligence program simultaneously.

Due to the growth and changing demographics of our municipality - as well as the relatively inexperienced tenure of our supervisors and managers - the Tempe Police Department has recognized a great need to increase the amount of leadership and supervisory training provided to the current and future leaders of our organization.

We are beginning an upgrade of our computer-aided dispatch (CAD) and Mobile systems for the Mesa Police Dept (PD) and the Mesa Fire Dept (FD). Both the PD and FD use a shared CAD system. Because it's a shared system, a major issue we are having is trying to define, specifically, what needs to be done with the CAD/Mobile from a FBI CJIS Security perspective - i.e. what configuration, both software security and/or infrastructure, must be in place to meet CJIS Security compliance?

The Osborne Association will receive TA in a community planning process during the transformation of 1511 Fulton Avenue from a prison into a reentry facility. This assistance will allow the Osborne Association to engage community members in the planning of programs and services, collect data on neighborhood needs
and assets, and develop partnerships with local community organizations.

Interested in funding available for Blue Courage training. BJA NTTAC referred this request to CICP.

Recruitment of needed participant for the CARE 3 grant which we provide free Recovery Support services and a mentorship for youth ages 12-21