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**New COPS Office Resources Available for Download**
  September 2020 | Volume 13 | Issue 9

*CRI-TAC  Spotlight: Roundtable on Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention*

The West Greenwich (Rhode  Island) Police Department requested assistance through the Collaborative Reform  Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC) to host an event for local law  enforcement agencies from Rhode Island and the surrounding areas to discuss  regional challenges in recruitment, hiring, and retention. On January 29, 2020,  CRI-TAC hosted Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention: National and Local Trends, a  roundtable discussion in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. This document summarizes and  annotates the discussions from that roundtable, supplemented by a list of  additional resources.		  

*Unique  Needs and Challenges of Border Law Enforcement and Promising Practices for  Establishing a Criminal Interdiction Unit*

The COPS  Office and the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) hosted a series of  roundtable and focus groups, supplemented by a needs assessment, to determine  the needs, promising practices, and challenges of sheriffs' offices along the  northern and southern borders of the United States. This report summarizes the  findings of those discussions and focuses on a widely shared promising  practice—the establishment of dedicated interdiction units. A COPS Office / NSA  training on rural interdiction is summarized, along with lessons learned from  an interdiction unit in North Texas.

*Improving  the Identification, Investigation, and Reporting of Hate Crimes*

In 2018, the  Hate Crimes Enforcement and Prevention Initiative convened a law enforcement  roundtable on challenges and successes in identifying, reporting, and tracking  hate crimes. Although hate crimes and other bias-motivated incidents are  generally investigated and prosecuted as state, local, or tribal matters, the  Federal Government collaborates with state and local partners in the effort to  eliminate these crimes from our communities. Through robust discussion and  analysis, roundtable participants developed recommendations for enhancing hate  crimes investigation and reporting that comprise a valuable roadmap for the  journey ahead.

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