Gang and Gun Violence Reduction

This project supported by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) provides no-cost training and technical assistance to the law enforcement community to improve their gang and gun violence reduction and prosecution efforts. IACP provides site specific, regional technical assistance sessions to support Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) a federal initiative through the Department of Justice.

Please contact Amy N. Lightcap at lineofficers@theiacp.org for more information.

IACP RESOURCES AND PRODUCTS:

Firearms Interdiction Assistance Application (in PDF) Crime Gun Interdiction Continuum (chart in PDF) Crime Gun Interdiction Strategies for the 21st Century (in PDF) Crime Gun Interdiction Strategies: As Easy as 1-2-3 Training Key #593 Firearm Recovery and Investigation Training Key #594 Firearm Identification and Tracing

FIREARMS INTERDICTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NEWSLETTER

Vol.3, Issue 1 • Summer 2007 (in PDF) Vol.2, Issue 3 • Fall 2006 (in PDF) Vol.2, Issue 2 • Summer 2006 (in PDF) Vol.2, Issue 1 • Spring 2006 (in PDF) Vol.1, Issue 3 • Fall 2005 (in PDF) Vol.1, Issue 2 • Spring 2005 (in PDF) Vol.1, Issue 1 • Summer 2004 (in PDF)

Project Safe Neighborhoods to include Anti-Gang initiatives!

The goal of this training is to improve the level of knowledge, communication, and collaboration involved in addressing the criminal gang issue affecting communities throughout the nation. The curriculum is based on current policies and proven practices and strategies in the criminal justice field. The training is a collaborative effort among federal partners. Instruction is provided by experienced practitioners and subject-matter experts at no cost to attendees. This training was developed in accordance with the U.S. Department of Justice Initiative for Safer Communities to deliver comprehensive anti-gang prevention, enforcement, and prisoner reentry training for state and local law enforcement and related partner organizations.

For more information on Project Safe Neighborhoods proposed work on gang violence please visit www.psn.gov.

Project Safe Neighborhoods Anti-Gang Training Upcoming Events

GangTECC/NGIC

GangTECC and NGIC are composed of investigators and analysts from ATF, BOP, DEA, FBI, ICE, USMS, NDIC and local law enforcement and prosecutors from the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

National Gang Intelligence Center

NGIC supports anti-gang efforts by law enforcement through analysis of federal, state, local and tribal intelligence on the growth, migration and criminal activities of gangs and helps target those gangs which are the most significant threats to communities throughout the United States.

The National Gang Targeting, Enforcement & Coordination Center

GangTECC is a national multi-agency, anti-gang task force aimed at achieving maximum national and local impact by disrupting and dismantling America’s most violent regional and national gangs.

If you are working significant cases against large-scale regional or national gangs, please contact GangTECC/NGIC to see what national assistance can help you disrupt and dismantle those gangs. It is requested that photos of gang tattoos be submitted to the NGIC via email for cataloging. Submissions should include gang name (if known), date, street address, city, state (where photo was captured) and associated offense.

To contact GangTECC/NGIC, call:
1-800-366-9501 or 202-324-1775
or send an email to:
ngic@leo.gov

Online Gang Resources

• G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training)
• National Youth Gang Center
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• National Alliance of Gang Investigators' Associations
• National Gang Crime Research Center
• National Drug Intelligence Center

PSN Partners and Resources

• Project Safe Neighborhoods
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
• Michigan State University
• American University
• American Probation and Parole Association
• United States Attorneys' Office
• NDAA National District Attorneys Association
• National Crime Prevention Council
• Institute for Law and Justice