Equipment and technology
Less-Lethal Force: An Online Session on Emerging Issues and Where to Learn More
What XML Can Do For You: A Better Way to Share Criminal Justice Data
Next Generation DNA Technologies
NIJ Ultra-High Speed Apps Challenge: Using Current Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Operations
Challenge Closed
This challenge has closed. This page is kept available for informational purpose only.
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About the Ultra-High Speed Apps Challenge
NIJ created the Ultra-High Speed (UHS) Application Challenge to encourage software developers and public safety professionals to take advantage of public domain data and UHS bandwidth systems with apps...
FY2013 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Challenge: Delivering Mission Critical Voice Communications for Law Enforcement and Public Safety Responders in the COTS LTE Environment
Winner
Congratulations to Jon Melvin for winning Phase I of the Challenge. Thank you to all of those who submitted a response.
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- I. Overview
- II. How to Enter
- III. Important Dates
- IV. Judges
- V. Judging Criteria
- VI. Prize
- VII. Other Rules and Conditions
- VIII. Prize Disbursement and Challenge Winners
- IX. Contact Information
I. Overview
Increased access to mobile broadband services is...
Prisoner Recollections: The Role of Internet Use and Real-Life Networks in the Early Radicalization of Islamist Terrorist Offenders
Improving Hot-Spot Policing through Behavioral Interventions
Establishing a National Criminal Justice Technology Research, Test and Evaluation Center
Evaluating the Crime Control and Cost-Benefit Effectiveness of License Plate Recognition (LPR) Technology in Patrol and Investigations
Linking Theory to Practice: Testing Geospatial Predictive Policing in a Medium-Sized Police Agency
A Comparison of Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) Aerial and Terrestrial Methods for Accident Scene Investigation Information Collection
Research on the Impact of Technology on Policing Strategies
Policing by Place: A proposed multi-level analysis of the effectiveness of Risk Terrain Modeling for allocating police resources
Body Armor Performance Standards and Compliance Testing
NIJ has been setting voluntary body armor standards since 1972. The NIJ standard is the only nationally accepted standard for the body armor worn by law enforcement and corrections officers. NIJ...
Testing a Geospatial Predictive Policing Strategy: Application of ArcGIS 3D Analyst Tools for Forecasting Commission of Residential Burglaries
Optimizing Criminal Justice Use of Social Media in the "Web 3.0" Environment: Addressing the Problem of Human Sex Trafficking
National Institute of Justice Body Armor Challenge: How Long Does Body Armor Really Last?
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- Challenge Winner
- Overview
- How to Enter
- Important Dates
- Judges
- Judging Criteria
- Prize
- Other Rules and Conditions
Challenge Winner (Phase II)
In the U.S. Department of Justice’s first ever Challenge competition, the winning team for NIJ’s Body Armor Challenge was from Purdue University’s school of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering. The team received a $25,000 prize for proposing a concept for testing the...