National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Fentanyl Contamination
Law Enforcement Looks to Research to Help Fight the Opioid Crisis
For law enforcement, overcoming the opioid crisis will mean gaining a deep, science-driven understanding of its dimensions. NIJ gathered a cross section of experts to identify priority research needs and action items.
Novel GLC-based Method for Identification of Positional Isomeric Fentanyls
Preventing Officer Fatalities by Better Understanding Specific Incidents
Improving Officer Safety on the Roadways
Special Technical Committees: How They Are Changing NIJ's Standards Development Process
NIJ has established a new standards development process based on Special Technical Committees whose members include practitioners, scientists, researchers, subject matter experts, staff of test laboratories and major criminal justice stakeholder organizations, and representatives knowledgeable in standards development and conformity assessment. The members collaborate to develop the standard and ensure that practitioner needs are addressed.
Special Technical Committees: How They Are Changing NIJ's Standards Development Process - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference
Law Enforcement Officer Motor Vehicle Crash and Struck-by Fatality Investigations Program Report No. LEO 2014-01 - Sergeant Struck by a Motor Vehicle on Interstate Highway - New Mexico
Protecting our Protectors: Using Science to Improve Officer Safety and Wellness
Each year, 100-200 law enforcement officers die in the line of duty. Last year, 177 lost their lives — a 16-percent increase from 2010. As Attorney General Eric Holder noted, this is a devastating and unacceptable trend. NIJ has developed a robust research portfolio to improve officer safety and wellness and, ultimately, save lives. This panel discussed some of NIJ's most promising work to reduce shooting and traffic-related fatalities — consistently the leading causes of officer line-of-duty deaths — and improve officer wellness, which is inextricably linked with officer safety.
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