Law enforcement assistance

In July 1973, the following seven universities were awarded grants by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) of the Department of Justice to develop and strengthen their research activities and criminal justice graduate programs. 

The authors wish to thank the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration for the support of the programs in forensic chemistry at Northeastern through an educational development grant. 

The goal of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) is to reduce crime and delinquency while continually improving the quality of criminal justice. The responsibilities of the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (NILECJ), the re search arm of LEAA, include research and development efforts in the prevention of crime, in the detection of criminal acts, in the identification and apprehension of offenders, and in the swift and fair adjudication of suspects who are arrested and charged. The basic rationale of this research is that Ly increasing the likelihood of arrest and conviction, the risk associated with the commission of crimes is also elevated. If the risk of criminality becomes sufficiently high, there will be a proportional reduction in the volume and impact of criminal activity. 

Through the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the Federal Government is funding significant research in forensic science (Peterson). Proposals for funding are reviewed by experienced forensic scientists to ensure that those which address themselves to urgent, current... 

L. A. Franks, and R. K. Mullen, Time Dependent Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Characteristics of Detonated Primer Residues, U.S. Dept, of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (November 1972). 

New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne, who was recruited out of the Essex County Prosecutor s office by the Kennedy Justice hands and installed in the Governor s mansion, is a nationally prominent spokesman for drag decriminalization. As Chairman of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)... 

Hazardous Materials Response Team(s) Establish the HazMat Group, and Provide Technical information/Assistance to Command, EMS Providers, Hospitals, and Law Enforcement. Detect/Monitor to Identify the Agent, Determine Concentrations and Ensure Proper Control Zones. Continually Reassess Control Zones, Enter the Hot Zone (with chemical personal protective clothing) to Perform Rescue, Product Information, and Reconnaissance. Product Control/Mitigation may be implemented in Conjunction with Expert Technical Guidance. Improve Hazardous Environments Ventilation, Control HVAC, Control Utilities. Implement a Technical Decontamination Corridor for Hazardous Materials Response Team (HMRT) Personnel. Coordinate and Assist with Mass Decontamination. Provide Specialized Equipment as Necessary. Assist Law Enforcement Personnel with Evidence Preservation/Collection, Decontamination. 

Norfolk Southern Graniteville Derailment - Final Information Update as of]anuary21,2005 (Homes, Schools, Traffic, Crash Site Activities, Environmental, Hospitals, Law Enforcement Fire Service, Family Pets, Government Services, Local Assistance Center, Aiken County Summary Court, Aiken County 211). U.S. E.P.A. Region 4, Southwest March 12, 2006. 

In the last fiscal year the DEA laboratories, under the direction of 120 professional chemists, analyzed 45,000 separate exhibits of drug evidence. In addition, they stand ready to offer assistance to any duly authorized law enforcement agency, at home or abroad, in laboratory planning, evidence handling, drug analysis, or court testimony at no cost to requesting agency. 

Because of their ease of preparation and extreme sensitivity, the two peroxides have become a great threat to law-enforcement agencies. To assist the development of optimal defensive measures, they have been studied by several research groups and their analytical properties, physical characteristics, and explosive properties have been thoroughly explored [64-84]. 

P.M. Figliola, Digital Surveillance The Commimications Enforcement Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, Congressional Research Services (3 May 2005), p. 3. 

Although the FDA s Office of General Counsel is involved with enforcement of both civil and criminal matters, cases involving court enforcement are handled by assistant U.S. attorneys (AUSAs), who are located in U.S. attorneys offices located across the United States. U.S. attorneys are the local representatives of the DOJ they are appointed by and serve at the discretion of the president, with advice and consent of the Senate. There are 93 U.S. attorneys, and they are located (by district) across the United States and its territories. Each U.S. attorney is the chief federal law enforcement officer of the United States within his or her particular district. 

Perl, Raphael. Drug Control International Policy and Approaches. Washington, D.C. Congressional Research Service, 2003. Also available online. URL http //www.thememoryhole.org/crs/IB88093.pdf. This brief report provides an overview of current U.S. policies toward narcotics-producing nations with regard to eradication of narcotic crops, interdiction, law enforcement, international cooperation, sanctions and economic assistance, and development of institutions. This is followed by a discussion of policy issues involving e.xpansion of efforts in these various areas. 

The Institute also established an informal criminalistics advisory board which offered considerable assistance in the review and evaluation of concept papers and proposals submitted for funding. This panel composed of six leading criminalists, researchers and educators, served as an independent source of technical expertise and practical experience in the field of criminalistics. In addition to this group, a panel of forensic scientists from several federal law enforcement agencies was formed and has met periodically to discuss important issues in the administration of research projects. 

This book is published with special thanks to those intelligence and law enforcement officials who have given us such extraordinary assistance in cross-checking facts in putting the story together. These have included officials not only in the USA, but our nation s French ally, and also patriots in Canada embittered against what the Bronfmans and others have done to their nation and our own. 

To assist physicians and other responders in evaluating exposure, local, state, and federal law enforcement authorities have released guidelines on identification of packages/envelopes potentially contaminated with anthrax. Characteristics of suspicious packages include (http //www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/acd/bioterrorism/ cdcl018.pdf) ... 

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