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TECHBeat, July/August 2019

Date Published
August 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

TECHBeat, October 2018

Date Published
October 2018
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Newsletter, Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

Incorporating Research and Data Into Criminal Justice Agencies - NIJ LEADS Alumni Spotlight

March 2020

Sergeant Jeffery Egge of the Minneapolis Police Department, and NIJ LEADS Scholar alum, discusses his experience with leads including how the program benefited his agency and his use of date to address gun violence and the opioid epidemic and the city's sentinel events review of overdose fatalities. Sergeant Egge also discusses his current work looking at investigative closures.

Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation of Firearms Violence, Fiscal Year 2020

Closing Date
NIJ is seeking applications for the funding of research and program evaluation projects that inform efforts to prevent and reduce intentional, interpersonal firearm violence and mass shootings in the United States. NIJ will support scientifically rigorous research and evaluation projects designed to strengthen the scientific knowledge base and produce findings with high practical utility to improve public safety.