4.3: Supporting Our Partners

Disseminate best practices to State, local and tribal law enforcement.

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Attorney General Holder has made reinvigorating relationships with state, local and tribal law enforcement a priority for all Department components. Through its grant‐making components – the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the Office on Violence against Women (OVW), and the Office on Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) – the Department plays a critical role in identifying, researching and disseminating the most innovative ideas for increasing public safety and improving the justice system. COPS makes available over 500 Problem Oriented Policing Guides, Grant Owners Manuals, fact sheets, best practices, curricula and other materials, at no cost, through its online Resource Information Center. This user‐friendly publication search engine makes ordering or downloading these documents simple. Similarly, through a cooperative agreement with the University of Minnesota, OVW supports the Violence Against Women Online Resources Web site that contains research and best practices for use by law enforcement, the judiciary, attorneys, tribal leaders, advocates, faith communities and human services providers. OJP, working with the Office of National Drug Control Policy, funds the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, which offers extensive reference and referral services to help the public find answers to their questions about crime and justice‐related research, policy and practice. In addition, the Department is seeking to more effectively disseminate information to its stakeholders, partners and the public about what works. In the President’s FY 2011 budget request, the Department is seeking funding for a State and Local Help Desk and Diagnostic Center – a one‐stop shop where state, local and tribal communities can obtain information about promising, evidence‐based approaches to addressing criminal justice problems. And the Department is exploring – and will continue exploring – new vehicles for delivering support for local law enforcement. The Department has begun distributing podcasts on innovations in criminal justice. The Department’s Bureau of Justice Assistance is working with Fox Valley Technical College to establish a dynamic, automated, web‐based system for delivering training and technical assistance to potential partners. This National Training and Technical Assistance Center will allow consumers to request training and technical assistance online, post and obtain information about other opportunities and resources and connect to other providers and information sources.

Stakeholder(s):

• State Law Enforcement Partners


• Local Law Enforcement Partners


• Tribal Law Enforcement Partners


• Office of Justice Programs (OJP)


• Office on Violence against Women (OVW)


• Office on Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)


• Bureau of Justice Assistance


• University of Minnesota


• Office of National Drug Control Policy


• National Criminal Justice Reference Service


• Fox Valley Technical College

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