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TA Providers
Federal, state and local partners engaged in the national PSN initiative have
available to them a wide variety of no-cost training and technical assistance
support. Access to the PSN-related services of each of the organizations listed
below is available through the U.S. Attorney's Office PSN Coordinator (for
state and local agencies), and through the FEAT Points of Contact at the
Department of Justice (for PSN Coordinators).
| Provider: | Academy for Educational Development | | | The Academy for Educational Development (AED) is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to solving critical social problems and building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to become more self-sufficient. AED has developed a series of media and communication courses to help task forces build internal and external media outreach capacity. Designed to encourage participants to transfer newly learned skills back to their colleagues, these courses consist of brief presentations, small and large group discussions, case study teamwork, and hands-on practice. | | Website: | http://chc.aed.org | | Address: | 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202-884-8737
Fax: 202-884-8760
psn@aed.org
| | Training: | Media Outreach Technical Assistance
Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) Anti-Gang Training
| | | | Provider: | American Probation and Parole Association | | | The American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) is made up of individuals actively involved with probation, parole, and community-based corrections in both adult and juvenile sectors. APPA was awarded a grant to involve probation and parole professionals in the Project Safe Neighborhoods effort. The first step in this involvement is to ascertain current practices of probation and parole organizations in preventing supervised offenders from possessing and using guns and in searching for and seizing guns held illegally. In addition to developing training and technical assistance opportunities, APPA will work to promote proactive enforcement of existing gun law regulations. | | Website: | http://www.appa-net.org/PSN/default.html | | Address: | P.O. Box 11910
Lexington, KY 40578
Phone: 859-244-8215
Fax: 859-244-8001
tmullins@csg.org
| | Training: | APPA/PSN Project
| | | | Provider: | American Prosecutors Research Institute | | | The American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI), of the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA), is a nonprofit research, training, and technical assistance resource for prosecutors at all levels of government. APRI staff is available to provide technical assistance to prosecutors involved with community gun violence and drug cases. APRI regularly updates its database of programmatic information from around the country. Information on promising gun violence prevention strategies and topics relating to drug crime is gathered and organized so it can be accessed easily and incorporated into APRI's training and technical assistance programs. APRI also continues to build its database of prosecutors and other allied professionals involved in gun violence and illegal drug reduction initiatives. This database allows APRI to easily communicate with prosecutors about PSN and innovations in the field. | | Website: | http://www.ndaa.org/apri/index.html | | Address: | 99 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 510
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-549-4253
Fax: 703-836-3195
gvp@ndaa-apri.org
| | Training: | Gun Violence Prosecution Program
Drug Prosecution and Prevention Program
| | | | Provider: | American University | | | American University’s (AU’s) Justice Programs Office specializes in providing technical assistance to state and local courts and justice system agencies. Through this office, AU provides short-term on-site consultant and material support to United States Attorney's Offices and state and local law enforcement agencies in carrying out PSN initiatives. | | Website: | http://www.american.edu/justice/ | | Address: | 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Brandywine Building, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20016-8159
Phone: 202-885-2875
Fax: 202-885-2885
Justice@american.edu
| | Training: | AU Technical Assistance Project
| | | | Provider: | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives | | | The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), U.S. Department of Justice, enforces federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol, tobacco products, firearms, explosives, and arson. ATF's Office of Training and Professional Development has designed a comprehensive package of training and training aids to support the PSN initiative. As part of this package, ATF distributed to every field division a CD-ROM containing PowerPoint presentations and lesson plans on topics such as firearms identification, tracing, and legal issues and gun violence. The CD-ROM was developed to assist ATF field offices in delivering uniform training to state and local law enforcement in support of the PSN initiative. | | Website: | http://www.atf.gov | | Address: | 99 New York Avenue NE, Suite 2N-533
Washington, DC 20226
Phone: 202-648-8440
Fax: 202-648-9714
Timothy.Carroll@atf.gov
| | Training: | Project Safe Neighborhoods Enforcement Training
ATF Site Support
| | | | Provider: | Council of State Governments | | | The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center is a national nonprofit organization that serves policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels from all branches of government. It provides practical, data-driven advice and consensus-based strategies to all agents of change to increase public safety and strengthen communities. CSG's Justice Center staff uses a mulitdisciplinary approach to providing technical assistance to Porject Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Task Force mambers who want to initiate or enhance prisoner reentry efforts. | | Website: | http://www.justicecenter.csg.org/ | | Address: | 4630 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 650
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: 301-760-2401
Fax: 240-497-0568 | | | | Provider: | Hobson & Associates | | | Hobson & Associates is a professional law enforcement training and consulting service founded by a veteran career law enforcement officer. Hobson & Associates works closely with key representatives of selected judicial districts to provide a comprehensive and effective regimen of training. Designed primarily for law enforcement officers, the training teaches techniques for handling crime gun cases from initial detection and recovery, through the investigation and processing of both the criminal defendant and the firearms evidence toward a successful prosecution. | | Address: | Phone: 703-451-7004
HobsonAssociates@erols.com
| | Training: | Gun Recovery and Enforcement Training Program
| | | | Provider: | Institute for Law and Justice | | | The Institute for Law and Justice (ILJ) provides customized training and technical assistance to help PSN sites engage and use community members in developing and implementing anti-gun crime initiatives in their communities. Since 1979, ILJ, a nonprofit organization, has been dedicated to consulting, research, technical assistance, and training in law enforcement and criminal justice. | | Website: | http://www.ilj.org | | Address: | 1018 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-684-5300
Fax: 703-739-5533
marti@ilj.org
| | Training: | Community Engagement Technical Assistance
| | | | Provider: | International Association of Chiefs of Police | | | The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) provides no-cost technical assistance to the law enforcement community to help improve their illegal firearms interdiction and prosecution efforts. IACP provides site-specific, regional technical assistance sessions to support the PSN initiative. Through IACP’s Illegal Firearms Interdiction Technical Assistance and the Project Safe Neighborhoods Enforcement Training, IACP strives to help participants produce strategic plans that, when implemented, will reduce the level of gun violence within their communities. IACP’s technical assistance project, which is made up of eight different sessions, is offered in small group forums, held at IACP headquarters for law enforcement commanders and investigators, and offered as multi-regional site symposia around the nation. | | Website: | http://www.theiacp.org/research/RCDGunCrime.html | | Address: | 515 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 800-843-4227
Fax: 703-684-5728
Firearms@theiacp.org
| | Training: | Project Safe Neighborhoods Enforcement Training
Illegal Firearms Interdiction Technical Assistance
| | | | Provider: | Michigan State University | | | The School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University (MSU) has developed an approach to training and technical assistance based on a set of core themes central to PSN. These themes focus on using research to identify the nature of the gun violence problem and formulating a strategy to address the most critical aspects of the problem. MSU has provided training in strategic problem solving to task forces from 93 districts. Specialized issue-focused training has also been provided to 91 districts. | | Website: | http://www.cj.msu.edu/~outreach/psn/ | | Address: | 560 Baker Hall, Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: 517-290-6201
Fax: 517-432-1787
ed.banks@ssc.msu.edu
| | Training: | Technical Assistance to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods
| | | | Provider: | National Crime Prevention Council | | | The primary mission of the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) is to enable people to create safer and more caring communities by addressing the causes of crime and violence and reducing the opportunities for crime to occur. NCPC offers training, technical assistance, and a national focus for crime prevention: it acts as secretariat for the Crime Prevention Coalition of America, more than 4,000 national, federal, local, and state organizations committed to preventing crime. | | Website: | http://www.ncpc.org/ | | Address: | 1000 Connecticut Avenue NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-261-4153
Fax: 202-296-1356
scampbell@ncpc.org
| | Training: | Project Safe Neighborhoods Enforcement Training
| | | | Provider: | National Gang Center | | | The National Gang Center (NGC) is the product of collaboration between the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This partnership recognizes that street gang activities transcend ages of the members and that we must consider strategies ranging from prevention through intervention, suppression, and aftercare to combat them. NGC offers a wide-ranging approach to combating street gangs by providing up-to-date information on anti-gang initiatives, training conferences, and a comprehensive list of resources available to communities. | | Website: | http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/ | | Address: | National Gang Center,Institute for Intergovernmental Research, P.O. Box 12729
Tallahassee, FL 32317
Phone: (850) 385-0600
Fax: (850) 386-5356
information@nationalgangcenter.gov
| | Training: | Basic Training for Street Gang Investigators
Advanced Gang Investigations
Gang Unit Management
Strategy Seminar for Law Enforcement Chief Executives
| | | | Provider: | National Sheriffs' Association | | | The National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) is an organization comprised of 3,084 sheriffs and a membership of over 20,000. NSA is dedicated to raising the level of professionalism in the public safety field. Since its inception, NSA has developed many programs for law enforcement and citizens such as Neighborhood Watch and Triad. Since 1972, NSA has managed the Neighborhood Watch program and acted as the primary source for information and technical assistance for local law enforcement agencies as it relates to Neighborhood Watch. As the national authority on Neighborhood Watch, NSA plays a vital role in the development and dissemination of training and resources for agencies to use in training their individual Watch Groups and officers.
| | Website: | http://www.sheriffs.org/ | | Address: | 1450 Duke St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-836-7827
Fax: 703-683-6541 | | | | Provider: | National Youth Gang Center | | | The National Youth Gang Center (NYGC) was funded by OJJDP in 1995 to conduct research on youth gangs and provide technical assistance and training to practitioners dealing with gangs. The National Youth Gang Center maintains an extensive web library of gang publications and practical tools. | | Website: | http://www.iir.com/nygc/ | | Address: | Institute for Intergovernmental Research, P.O. Box 12729
Tallahassee, FL 32317
Phone: 850-385-0600
Fax: 850-422-3529
nygc@iir.com
| | Training: | Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) Anti-Gang Training
| | | | Provider: | Office of Community Oriented Policing Services | | | In 1997, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) created a network of Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPIs) to provide comprehensive and innovative community policing education, training, and technical assistance to COPS grantees throughout the nation. The RCPIs are a network of 31 partnerships of local law enforcement, education, and community groups that provide training and technical assistance on issues related to crime and quality of life. Since 1997, the RCPIs have trained almost 300,000 people how to confront a variety of problems in their communities by using skills and activities such as problem solving, strategic planning, community involvement, and crime prevention through environmental design. Several RCPIs are helping implement the PSN initiative. | | Website: | http://www.cops.usdoj.gov | | Address: | 1100 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530
Phone: 202-514-5993
Fax: 202-616-8572 | | | | Provider: | Regional Information Sharing Systems | | | Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) is a national program composed of six regional intelligence centers, operating in unique multistate geographic regions. RISS offers services to local, state, federal, and tribal criminal justice agencies to enhance their ability to identify, target, and remove criminal conspiracies and activities spanning multijurisdictional, multistate, and sometimes international boundaries. RISS currently supports over 8,000 law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, Australia, Canada, and England. RISS supports investigation and prosecution efforts against terrorism, drug trafficking, human trafficking, identity theft, cybercrime, organized criminal activity, criminal gangs, violent crime, and other regional priorities, while promoting officer safety.
| | Website: | http://www.riss.net/ | | |
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