Other Law Enforcement

Met with BJA representatives to discuss grant alignment and progress.

Attended second training session to learn how to use NTTAC for reporting needs.

Ms. Kristine Hamann from the NRTAC team has been invited to participate in a meeting hosted by the Connecticut Office of the State Attorney General. The meeting will be attended by prosecutors throughout the State of Connecticut. The purpose of Ms. Hamann’s participation in the meeting is to highlight the role prosecutors must assume to appropriately support the various BJA-funded CGICs in Connecticut. Additionally, Ms. Hamann will discuss the prosecutor training curriculum developed by the NRTAC and help coordinate its delivery to prosecutors in the State of Connecticut.

The NRTAC team, with BJA, hosted an orientation and onboarding session to welcome the awardees of the FY2024 Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC) Integration Initiative grants. The session included representatives from the six FY2024 CGIC grantees. The purpose of the session was to inform grantees about the CGIC concept, the site assessment process, grant requirements, and the assistance NRTAC will provide them throughout their grants.

Reporting Cycle Summary

FY24Q4 Engagement Activities

Meeting with fusion center leadership in LV MPD to discuss ERPO implementation

The NRTAC team provided an onsite training session on evidence-based prosecution of gun crime for prosecutors and prosecution investigators throughout Connecticut. Subject matter experts Kristine Hamann, Carla Taylor, Sophia Roach, and Robert Troyer delivered the content. The training informed attendees how to effectively prosecute gun crime cases by leveraging crime gun intelligence, victim and witness collaboration, and supplemental types of evidence in the courtroom.

To strengthen our relationship with U.S. territories, I reached out to the U.S. Virgin Islands' State Administering Agency (SAA), the Law Enforcement Planning Commission (LEPC), to explore their training and technical assistance (TTA) needs. With LEPC under new leadership, this outreach provided an excellent opportunity to assess island-wide TTA requirements and support their strategic planning goals.

This 2½-day, invitation only event will bring together hate crimes grant recipients representing over 60 community-based organizations and law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies from around the country. This inaugural event will provide an opportunity to engage with a diverse range of attendees and collaborate with peers, practitioners, subject-matter experts, researchers, training and technical assistance providers, civil rights advocates, and federal officials.

On August 29, 2024, three Minneapolis attendees visited Jefferson County to tour its Communications Center (Jeffcom). Attendees had the opportunity to learn about Jeffcom’s operations, robust information technology (RapidSOS, Automated Secure Alarm Protocol, computer-aided dispatch) training, hiring, employee retention, and continual innovation.