Training Catalog

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).

Training Title:	APPA/PSN Project
Description:	The American Probation and Parole Association will develop training and technical assistance for probation and parole professionals and allied agencies to help them prevent supervised offenders from possessing and using guns. Information about the training and technical assistance opportunities, once they are developed, will be posted on the APPA Web site (www.appa-net.org). Case studies and descriptions of innovative strategies employed by probation, parole, and related agencies will also be available via the Web site. In the meantime, APPA welcomes specific requests for information and/or technical assistance.
Provider:	American Probation and Parole Association
Training Title:	ATF Site Support
Description:	The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF’s) Office of Training and Professional Development can deliver custom-designed training to local agencies, in conjunction with the ATF field division in the area. Classes can be designed for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, or a combination of both groups. The curriculum varies by site and is tailored to the needs of the jurisdiction requesting the training. Core materials frequently contain, but are not limited to, characteristics of armed gunmen, firearms identification and tracing, international firearms trafficking, federal firearms law, guns and gangs, and stolen firearms.
Provider:	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Training Title:	AU Technical Assistance Project
Description:	The Project Safe Neighborhoods Technical Assistance Project is designed to respond promptly—immediately in emergency situations—to requests from the FEAT Points of Contact in the U.S. Department of Justice and from PSN Coordinators in District U.S. Attorney's Offices. Among other services, the project provides onsite program reviews by consultants, facilitators for planning and team-building activities, faculty for onsite training activities, consultation services, resource materials, short-term lease of training space and equipment, networking assistance, and training and technical assistance services supporting PSN/HUD special initiative sites, in partnership with the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice.
Provider:	American University
Training Title:	Community Engagement Technical Assistance
Description:	This project from the Institute for Law and Justice (ILJ) helps communities assess local efforts to engage the community, link community engagement strategies with media outreach efforts, recruit and use community members as volunteers, engage local youth, and collaborate with PSN partners to maximize community engagement efforts. Technical assistance also is available to address both youth and adult gun violence issues in a range of formats, including online training, networking, and technical assistance; onsite support for strategic planning and networking; and peer-to-peer learning.
Provider:	Institute for Law and Justice
Training Title:	Drug Prosecution and Prevention Program
Description:	The DP³ staff is available to provide technical assistance to drug prosecutors in the form of telephone, facsimile, and e-mail support. Information on drug crime is gathered and organized so it can be accessed easily and incorporated into training and technical assistance programs. The American Prosecutors Research Institute also continues to build its database of prosecutors and other allied professionals involved in illegal drug reduction initiatives.
Provider:	American Prosecutors Research Institute
Training Title:	Gun Recovery and Enforcement Training Program
Description:	This 16- to 24-hour training seminar will examine firearms cases from initial recovery techniques, to case articulation and preparation requirements, to processing evidence/crime scenes, to overcoming suppression hearings. Training is designed to enhance street officer's enforcement skills and investigative abilities in support of PSN; provide law enforcement with a unified street enforcement guide for combating gun violence; support enforcement efforts to successfully recover crime guns from street-level criminals; enhance firearms case articulation, reports, and testimony toward successful prosecutions; and promote high-quality cases through comprehensive crime scene and forensic examinations.
Provider:	Hobson & Associates
Training Title:	Gun Violence Prosecution Program
Description:	Under its Gun Violence Prosecution Program (GVP), the American Prosecutors Research Institute held regional training events for approximately 250 new local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) prosecutors. The program also provides technical assistance to prosecutors participating in PSN and contributes to training programs offered by other federal and national PSN partners. GVP maintains a Web site (http://www.ndaa-apri.org/apri/programs/gun_violence/gvp_home.html) that disseminates information on community gun violence prosecution to prosecutors, its PSN partners, and the public. The site highlights new developments, training opportunities, available technical assistance, grant solicitations, and related topics. GVP also produces a quarterly newsletter dedicated to topics related to firearms prosecution.
Provider:	American Prosecutors Research Institute
Training Title:	Hitting the Mark: Implementing and Maintaining Community Gun Violence Prosecution Initiatives
Description:	APRI’s Hitting the Mark: Implementing and Maintaining Community Gun Violence Prosecution Initiatives training serves to enhance local prosecutors’ knowledge of gun violence prosecution tools and strategies to reduce and prevent gun crime. This advanced training comprehensively focuses on: Successful gun violence reduction programs around the United States The role of community prosecution in preventing gun crime Community outreach Firearm and ballistic evidence Tracing and crime gun mapping Case flow and management Roll call trainings Ethical issues for the community gun violence prosecutor Federal firearms laws and prosecution of firearms offenses in federal court Involving the community in a gun violence prosecution program Ethical considerations involved in establishing an effective program Gang and youth violence Building and maintaining partnerships The connection between illegal drugs and crime guns Maintaining a community gun violence prosecution initiative
Provider:	American Prosecutors Research Institute
Training Title:	Illegal Drugs: New Problems, New Solutions for Prosecutors
Description:	This program supports prosecutors who are battling drug-related gun violence. A 2½- to 3-day training program will be delivered to approximately 50 local prosecutors and allied professionals. Training topics will include club drugs, clandestine labs and their impact on communities, Internet drug distribution, and gang and gun crime. The latest approaches to prevention and treatment such as drug courts and treatment alternatives, and the state of current knowledge about addiction, also will be offered. Proposed topics of interest include successful gang interdiction techniques, RICO and drug-related gang prosecutions, creative legal strategies to address street level drugs and gang activity, and an overview of promising practices.
Provider:	American Prosecutors Research Institute
Training Title:	Illegal Firearms Interdiction Technical Assistance
Description:	To help the law enforcement community improve their illegal firearms interdiction efforts, IACP hosts both small group forums held at their headquarters for law enforcement commanders and investigators, as well as multi-regional site symposia. The sessions may include the following components: Crime Mapping Firearms Tracing and Investigative Tools Firearms Identification Proactive Firearms Interdiction Strategies Suspect Debriefing and Interview Techniques Researching, Preparing and Administering Grants Dynamic Partnerships Strategic Planning and Implementation Sessions There is a competitive application process to be considered for these trainings.
Provider:	International Association of Chiefs of Police
Training Title:	Media Outreach Technical Assistance
Description:	Academy for Educational Development can assist PSN task forces in the development and execution of media strategies that complement and enhance their overall gun crime reduction initiatives. AED will facilitate the diffusion of best practices through the promotion of documented successes and the coordination of peer-to-peer consultation; assist the development and implementation of media campaigns through the flexible provision of well-timed and targeted services; and foster learning across the network through the dissemination of educational materials and the coordination of network events.
Provider:	Academy for Educational Development
Training Title:	Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) Anti-Gang Training
Description:	The goal of this training is to improve the level of knowledge, communication, and collaboration involved in addressing criminal gang issues that affect communities throughout the nation. The curriculum is based on current policies and proven practices and strategies in the criminal justice field. The training combines the gang expertise of DOJ law enforcement and criminal justice professionals presented in a unified DOJ anti-gang curriculum. Separate training tracks provide training for local law enforcement executives, line personnel, investigators and prosecutors.
Provider:	Academy for Educational Development
	American Probation and Parole Association
	American Prosecutors Research Institute
	American University
	Hobson & Associates
	International Association of Chiefs of Police
	Institute for Law and Justice
	National Crime Prevention Council
	Michigan State University
Training Title:	Project Safe Neighborhoods Enforcement Training
Description:	This 3-day, intensive course on illegal firearms interdiction is a collaborative effort of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Department of Justice; International Association of Chiefs of Police; National District Attorney’s Association; and National Crime Prevention Council. The goal of this course is to improve the level of crime gun interdiction and prosecution through a multidisciplinary approach that emphasizes team building among course participants. The course focuses the resources of each partner on initiating, perfecting, and prosecuting cases involving firearms traffickers and armed violent offenders. The course has three tracks: (1) training for federal and local line prosecutors, investigators, and ATF special agents; (2) executive breakout sessions for decisionmakers to begin designing the best possible system for their region; (3) and training for street officers on firearms identification and the characteristics of armed gunmen.
Provider:	American Prosecutors Research Institute
	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
	International Association of Chiefs of Police
	National Crime Prevention Council
Training Title:	Project Sentry/Youth Gun Violence Technical Assistance
Description:	For those communities looking to develop and implement a comprehensive approach to reducing youth gun violence, COSMOS has developed a three-phase technical assistance program. First, COSMOS works with local jurisdictions to design and conduct program development workshops. Program logic models are used in the workshops to help local planners identify their youth firearms problems, and to develop multiple strategies to address those problems. Next, one-on-one follow-up activities are provided to assist local law enforcement, justice system, and community stakeholders in implementing their comprehensive strategies. Then, COSMOS helps local planners use outcome measures to assess how successful the strategies are in reducing youth gun crimes. Delivery of technical assistance may consist of 1) one-on-one consultations by telephone or e-mail; 2) on-site training workshops; 3) analysis of data transmitted to COSMOS; or 4) on-site planning group meetings.
Provider:	COSMOS Corporation
Training Title:	Support from Regional Community Policing Institutes
Description:	Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPIs), established by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, will provide training on the role of guns in specific types of crime and how this crime can be reduced. Utilizing their past experience in rural areas and public housing, four RCPIs will develop and offer training and technical assistance for use in domestic violence incidents and gang violence with youth. Once the programs are developed and offered in PSN target areas, the remaining RCPIs, whose service areas cover all 50 states and Puerto Rico, will have access to these courses as a resource for all U.S. Attorney’s Offices.
Provider:	Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Training Title:	Technical Assistance to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods
Description:	Michigan State University is providing technical assistance to individual districts in the implementation, operation, and assessment of their PSN initiatives. This assistance focuses on all aspects of strategic problem solving including assessing the problem, implementing strategies, monitoring implementation, and evaluating the impact of PSN. In this context, technical assistance is often delivered on-site using a cadre of experienced individuals involved with PSN working in a peer-to-peer context. In addition, technical assistance may be provided through phone calls. In each instance, technical assistance is tailored to the needs of the individual district.
Provider:	Michigan State University