Programs Overview Law and Policy High-Tech Crime Information Sharing

SEARCH Programs

SEARCH has an experienced team of specialists who carry out a range of activities that support our common vision and goals and serve the justice and public safety community nationwide. This includes ensuring that-

justice and public safety decisionmakers have the information they need that is accurate and timely; supported by well-deployed information and identification technology; that promotes privacy; and that is appropriately secured.
accessible, useful best practices, standards and models for information sharing are made available.
justice and public safety practitioners get the specific skills they need to perform IT-related tasks.

Law and Policy Team	High-Tech Crime Training Team	Information Sharing Programs Team		Corporate Communications Team
Owen Greenspan Director, Law and Policy	Timothy Lott Director, High-Tech Crime Training Services	Mark Perbix Director, Information Sharing Programs	Andrew Owen Director, Information Sharing Programs	Twyla Putt Manager, Corporate Communications

These activities include hands-on work like technical assistance, training, specialty workshops and national conferences; resources like justice modeling tools and online reference lists; research and publication of specialized technical, legal and policy reports and guides; and national surveys on justice information issues.

These are carried out through SEARCH's programs, which support the needs of organizations and practitioners in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories in the areas of criminal records law and policy; electronic crime investigative training; and information sharing (including improving technology use, public safety communications interoperability, and voice/data integration). Visit these specialized program areas for further details, access to tools and resources, and where to get help:

	Meet the Law and Policy Team Law and Policy Our Law and Policy Program helps develop responsible justice information management laws, policies and procedures. We focus on research and projects that examine emerging trends and issues with the potential to impact the collection, maintenance and exchange of justice information.
	Meet the High-Tech Crime Training Team High-Tech Crime Our High-Tech Crime Investigative Training Program offers training courses designed to teach high-tech investigators the skills they need to stay ahead of criminals in the fight against crime.
	Meet the Information Sharing Team Information Sharing Our Information Sharing Programs assist state, local, and tribal justice and public safety organizations to improve their use of technology and information sharing in mission-critical projects and initiatives. We provide this assistance through products and services in the areas of information sharing capability development, including technology implementation and management; communications interoperability; wired/wireless voice/data integration, and more.