Criminal Justice Resource Page

COPS provides you with the most current information on our programs, grants and ongoing policing strategies research. Other resources with related criminal justice information may also be helpful in learning more about community policing and policing issues.

FirstGov   
FirstGov is the U.S. government's official web portal. It offers a wide range of online information, services, and resources. FirstGov is the catalyst for a growing electronic government, and connects the world to all U.S. government information and services. It allows users to search more than 51 million web pages from federal and state governments, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. Most of these pages are not available on commercial websites. FirstGov has the most comprehensive search of government anywhere on the Internet.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)  
Since 1972, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) has provided a clearinghouse for criminal justice related information. NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. NCJRS provides extensive reference and referral services regarding crime and justice-related research, policy and practice, an information network via e-mail notifications and mailings, and access to thousands of published federal government reports.

Counter-terrorism Training
This portal website serves as a single point of access to counter-terrorism training opportunities and related materials available across the Federal Government and from private and nonprofit organizations. These resources will help every law enforcement decision-maker develop strategic plans for professional training and local emergency response.

The Community Policing Consortium
The Community Policing Consortium is a partnership funded by the COPS Office of five of the leading police organizations in the United States. The consortium web site provides access to a wide variety of policing publications, resources and networking opportunities. The five participating organizations are:

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) 
National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) 
Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) 
Police Foundation

National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)
The National Crime Prevention Council is a national non-profit educational organization that provides resources and services for individuals, communities and governments focused on the prevention of crime. This website offers a wide-variety of publication and products concerning these topics.

National Law Enforcement Corrections and Technology Center (NLECTC)
This center funded by the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice provides technical assistance and training on bomb detection technologies, crime mapping, and technologies for corrections.

The Home Office
The Home Office is the government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales. This web site contains valuable resources on crime prevention and criminal justice resources including crime prevention toolkits and tips, a discussion forum, research and statistics and drug prevention techniques.

Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center  The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance has funded the development of a Web-based tool to assist Law Enforcement Agencies, Government Officials, Community Leaders and others in their efforts to minimize inappropriate racial profiling. This web site developed in cooperation with Northeastern University, offers a wide variety of information on racial profiling including, legislation and case law, reporting and analysis, planning and training and a resource library.

Links to Other Federal Government Agencies

U.S. Department of Justice  (DOJ)

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
National Institute of Corrections (NIC) 
Office of Justice Programs (OJP) 

Drug Courts Program Office (DCPO) 
Executive Office for Weed and Seed (EOWS)  

Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education (OPCLEE) 
Violence Against Women Office (VAWO) 
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) 
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) 
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) 
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
The creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the most significant transformation of the U.S. government since 1947, when Harry S. Truman merged the various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces into the Department of Defense to better coordinate the nation's defense against military threats. DHS represents a similar consolidation, both in style and substance. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks against America on September 11th, 2001, President George W. Bush decided 22 previously disparate domestic agencies needed to be coordinated into one department to protect the nation against threats to the homeland.

Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) 

Executive Office of the President

Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)