BJA: Internet of Things National Training and Technical Assistance Program

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for its Internet of Things National Training and Technical Assistance Program.

Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

State: All States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 05/15/2024

Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000

Grant Duration: 2 Years

Details:

With this solicitation BJA seeks to provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement officials; intelligence analysts; prosecutors; judges; fusion center staff; and other criminal justice entities who prevent, investigate, and respond to crimes that use wireless devices. These crimes are committed using networked computers, handheld devices, and internet technology; some examples include various kinds of theft (financial, identity, etc.), cyberstalking, hijacking accounts on social networking websites, infrastructure intrusions, and hacking (i.e., reconfiguring or reprogramming a system to function in ways not approved by the owner, administrator, or designer).

Goals

Provide high-quality, cost-effective training to the field, in a hybrid model of online and inperson training, with regard to systems of interrelated, internet-connected objects that are able to collect and transfer data over a wireless network without human intervention.
Provide high-quality, cost-effective technical assistance to state, local, territorial, and tribal jurisdictions with regard to the IoT.
Provide training to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies so they can provide awareness education to their communities with regard to the IoT to reduce victimization.

Objectives

Increase the knowledge of criminal justice practitioners through in-person and online training. This would include the development of needed training materials, as well as building and executing training modules for law enforcement.
Make available educational materials about the IoT that can be used by jurisdictions for their communities. This should be made available in both written and electronic forms.
Increase the ability of criminal justice agencies to solve problems and/or modify policies or practices related to preventing, investigating, and responding to the IoT and calls for service.
Assess the impact of TTA services for this program

Funding Information