Building Successful Human Trafficking Cases Using Digital Evidence: Investigative Tools for Law Enforcement
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
Navigating the Roadmap: A Guide to Development and Operations for Multidisciplinary Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Law Enforcement and the Communities they Serve: Collective Healing in the Wake of Harm
Learn how five law enforcement agencies worked together with their community partners to explore ways to improve public safety, build trust and legitimacy, and provide victim assistance to those most at risk.
Pathways Toward Collective Healing: Law Enforcement and the Communities they Serve: Collective Healing in the Wake of Harm
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services
Date Published
2020
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Establishing or Enhancing Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services – Advocacy Parameters & Documentation
Date Published
October 2020
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services: Key Considerations
Date Published
May 2023
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims (ELERV) Strategy, Second Edition
Date Published
2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Legislation/Policy Description,
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Strategy Helps Law Enforcement Connect with Victims and Build Community Trust
The Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims Strategy, Second Edition introduces law enforcement leaders to the benefits and methods for adopting victim-centered, trauma-informed philosophies to improve the response to crime victims.
Trauma-Informed Approaches and Interviewing of Labor Trafficking Victims in the U.S.
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Program Seeks to Increase and Improve Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services
A recently published article in the Community Policing Dispatch e-newsletter highlights the Office for Victims of Crime-supported Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services and Technical Assistance Program.
The Office for Victims of Crime Honors Nation’s Law Enforcement During National Police Week
Each May we pause and pay tribute to the local, Tribal, state, and federal law enforcement officers who have devoted their lives to safeguarding our own. Attorney General William P. Barr asks all Americans this week “to join me in saying ‘thank you’ to our nation’s federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement officers. Their devotion and sacrifice to our peace and security will not...
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Message from OVC Director Jessica Hart
Today is the fifteenth anniversary of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. In the shadow of a pandemic that has disproportionately affected senior populations, we come together to raise awareness about elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
For too long elder abuse—a term that encompasses physical abuse, financial fraud, scams and exploitation, caregiver neglect and abandonment, psychological abuse, and sexual abuse—was a hidden epidemic. But as the...
Service, Support & Justice: Law Enforcement Response to Crime Victims
July 2018
This video presents the benefits, challenges, methods, and responsibilities for placing a high priority on crime victims' interests and meeting their needs, and for enhancing law enforcement agencies' response to victims of crime across the Nation.
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OVC Partnerships With Law Enforcement
May 2018
Law enforcement personnel are often the first contact that victims of crime have. It is therefore critical that law enforcement understand the needs of crime victims and provide a trauma-informed response.
This 6-minute video discusses OVC-sponsored programs and resources to enhance the delivery of services to victims of crime by law enforcement agencies.
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May 2020 Featured Resources
Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day
On May 5, 2020, we commemorate Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day. This annual commemoration is a time to renew our commitment to ensuring resources are available to solve missing persons cases and providing services to victims and their families.
Learn more about some of the work being undertaken by...
The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit
The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) was developed on the premise that exposure to the traumatic experiences of other people—known as vicarious trauma—is an inevitable occupational challenge for the fields of victim services, emergency medical services, fire services, law enforcement, and other allied professionals; however, organizations can mitigate the potentially negative effects of trauma exposure by becoming vicarious trauma-informed.
Research-Practice Partnership in Law Enforcement: The Chattanooga Police Department and ELERV (Webinar)
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Collaboration Enhances Trauma-Informed Response to Sexual Assault Survivors (Webinar)
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Strengthening Law Enforcement Response to Domestic and Sexual Violence
Strengthening Law Enforcement Response to Domestic and Sexual Violence
With support from OVC, and in collaboration with the National Crime Victim Law Institute, the International Association of Chiefs of Police recently announced funding for six law enforcement agencies to identify, address, and prevent gender bias.
Part of a national demonstration site initiative, these agencies will receive support to strengthen their response to victims and...
New Resources for Law Enforcement to Support Victims' Access to Compensation
New Resources for Law Enforcement to Support Victims' Access to Compensation
Law enforcement officers play a critical role in assisting victims of crime. In many cases, law enforcement officers are the only justice system personnel with whom victims of crime interact.
It is therefore vital that officers have tools and training so they can communicate information about victim compensation and other services to victims of...