Law Enforcement Resources
JSTRI have highlighted some of the resources produced by local, state and national organizations for the benefit of police agencies in New England.
Proactive Police Response to Domestic-Related Repeat Calls for Service
This guide provides a process for proactive police response to the short-term problem of repeat calls for service at residences, called domestic-related repeat incidents or DRRI.
ICAT: Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics
ICAT is a training program that provides first responding police officers with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by PERF with input from hundreds of police professionals from across the United States, ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training.
National Policing Institute - Police Data Initiative
The Police Data Initiative promotes the use of open data to encourage joint problem solving, innovation, enhanced understanding, and accountability between communities and the law enforcement agencies that serve them.
Transforming Police Recruit Training: 40 Guiding Principles
The United States has traditionally trained police officers on the cheap. The survey PERF conducted for this project found that more than 71% of agencies devote less than 5% of their total budget to recruit
training.