The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice and National Institute of Justice funded the National Policing Institute (formerly the National Police Foundation) to implement a project in 2015 to track incidents of averted school violence on a national level. As of April 2018, 51 reports had been filed, although it is suspected that many more incidents have gone unreported. An “averted incident” is defined as a planned violent attack on school grounds that is prevented before injury or loss of life has occurred. In tracking these incidents, five key actions have been identified to improve school safety, ranging from well-defined and practiced active shooter plans to focused plans promoting personal relationships with students.
Explore successful examples of tribal youth police and criminal justice explorer programs and the related positive outcomes including, but not limited to: leadership skill development, rise in self-esteem and confidence, and formal interest in pursuing tribal law enforcement or related criminal justice career paths. Discuss multidisciplinary and community policing partnerships that helped lead to program success, as well as additional youth engagement strategies.
Join us to learn about various strategies designed to assist tribal SORNA programs with providing information on sexual offenders and offending to community members.
Learn about the Tribal Justice System Planning Process (TJSPP) principles and how a comprehensive tribal justice system strategic plan can improve public safety and the quality of life in your community. This online training course is designed for grantees who have not participated in the onsite TJSPP course, as well as non-grantee tribes.
Often times, the biggest role of a facility dog is to calm and support an individual during stressful situations. Learn what a facility dog is and how they are being used particularly as a school resource officer partner in K-12 schools and/or in tribal court settings. The process to obtain and train a dog, subjective observations, and data collected will be discussed.
Hear from current tribal law enforcement practitioners about successful strategies they have used in recruiting and retaining tribal officers including advertising of positions, recruitment practices, benefits, community partnerships, and more.
Gather information on the structure and interdependent functions/roles of a CART program. Learn about protocol development and management, development and use of Memoranda of Understanding, CART composition, training including tabletop exercises and field scenarios, and CART certification standards. Examine a case study which integrates all topics covered for effective CART leadership.
Gain an overview of the student reunification process and review the various types of situations that require reunification and key reunification terminology. Additionally, you will explore roles required for successful reunification, and recommendations about training stakeholders and practicing a reunification plan.
Examine key predictors of under aged substance use. Discuss the long-term impact of under aged substance use, prevalence rates among tribal communities, and strategies to reduce or delay under aged substance use in tribal communities.
The Incident Command System (ICS) is a “response method that determines the role of everyone responding to a crisis and defines a shared vocabulary and shared expectations of behavior” (Texas School Safety Center, 2020). Agencies and first responders that provide assistance during a school emergency all use ICS during a crisis. It is imperative that school staff and safety teams understand and are comfortable using the ICS shared vocabulary when interacting with first responders during a crisis. Additionally, utilizing the shared vocabulary during the planning phases of critical incident response will assist in building trust and collaboration between diverse organizations.
