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### **COPS Office CRI-TAC Continuing to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic**

May 2020 | Volume 13 | Issue 5

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community  Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance  Center (CRI-TAC) continues to rapidly respond to the needs of the  field for addressing COVID-19. Since the April *CP Dispatch* article “COPS Office CRI-TAC Efforts  to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic,” we have released the following  resources:
          - *Law Enforcement and COVID-19*  is a 28-page supplemental guide to the  May  Police Chief  magazine that  provides a snapshot of officer safety and wellness resources related to  COVID-19.
          - *Officer Wellness and Resiliency During the COVID-19 Pandemic*  provides guidance on officer mental and physical wellness.
          - *Law Enforcement Officer Sickness with  COVID-19*  provides guidance in the event officers contract COVID-19.
          - *Law Enforcement Officer Exposure to COVID-19*  provides guidance in the event officers are exposed to COVID-19.
          - *Considerations for Law Enforcement  Encountering COVID-19-Related Deaths*  provides guidance to prepare  officers for the unfortunate situation of encountering a COVID-19–related  unattended death.
          - The  Stafford Act and Other COVID-19 Funding Resources  webinar recording  and slides provides information on emergency funding available to local  agencies.

As further resources are developed, they will be added to  the COVID-19 Library of  Resources; we encourage you to check back regularly to find  resources by the field, for the field. If you have a resource you want to share  with the field, email covid19@theiacp.org.

 In addition, CRI-TAC is actively tracking and documenting  the impact of COVID-19 on local, state, territorial, campus, and tribal law  enforcement, including impacts on crime, officer safety, officer stress,  equipment needs, and other public safety issues. We want to hear from you. If  you have a story to share, please email technicalassistance@usdoj.gov.

 If you have a direct technical assistance need as a result  of COVID-19, please reach out to CRI-TAC. CRI-TAC can offer short-term,  remote technical assistance for agencies that need expert assistance from  others in the field.

**About CRI-TAC**

 The COPS Office’s premier technical assistance center,  CRI-TAC is led by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and eight  leading law enforcement stakeholder associations: the Fraternal Order of  Police; FBI National Academy Associates, Inc.; International Association of  Campus Law Enforcement Administrators; International Association of Directors  of Law Enforcement Standards and Training; National Organization of Black Law  Enforcement Executives; National Association of Women Law Enforcement  Executives; National Sheriffs’ Association; and National Tactical Officers  Association. CRI-TAC provides critical and tailored technical assistance  resources to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies on  a wide variety of topics. It features a “by the field, for the field” approach  while delivering tailored technical assistance using leading experts in a range  of public safety, crime reduction, and community policing topics. CRI-TAC is a  public service and offered at no cost to your agency. To learn more about  CRI-TAC and watch a video about the program, visit the CRI-TAC website.

Nazmia  E.A. Comrie          COPS Office Senior Program Specialist

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