Justice Initiative Trainings

“To effectively improve society’s ability to respond to the abuse of vulnerable people and wildlife, the critical infrastructure of well-trained and properly supported law enforcement and NGO teams must be in place.”
– Rod Khattabi
Chief Accountability Officer and Justice Initiative Director

Since opening, the Justice Initiative has convened diverse bodies of law enforcement agencies at Grace Farms and abroad for customized intelligence, investigative, and operational curriculum at the behest of governments and NGOs . To accomplish this, our team leverages the expertise of active and retired law enforcement agents and federal prosecutors to facilitate training engagements locally and around the world.

Training
Objectives

Foster capacity building among key stakeholders, building strategic alliances between law enforcement agencies, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector
Increase collaboration between law enforcement agencies and national governments
Improve methods and provide transparency around best practices in law enforcement training
Enhance intelligence sharing and interagency cooperation

Training Engagements (2015-2020 YTD)

Upcoming Training Engagements (2021)

Environmental Crimes | Law Enforcement Capacity Building

Environmental Crimes | Law Enforcement Capacity Building

Kenya
Madagascar
Tanzania
Uganda

Human Trafficking | Cross Border Financial Investigation Training

Gabon
Mozambique

Global Training Impact Highlights

Romania Trafficking Training | March 27-30, 2019

Our global trainings bring together partners and collaborators to share investigative techniques and to build relationships across countries and agencies. We partnered with the Embassy of the United States in Romania and Southeast European Law Enforcement Center Headquarters to provide a three-day training in Bucharest, Romania’s capital, where 184 professionals, including Romania’s National Anti-Trafficking Agency, Moldovan and Romanian law enforcement, and U.S. Embassy employees, were trained on identifying signs of trafficking, charging abusers with crimes, prevention through investigative measures, and targeting the Transnational Organized Crime Syndicates that drive trafficking migration.

Trafficking Workshop | Tanzania and Mozambique

Investigative workshop hosted by Grace Farms Foundation, focused on training law enforcement to arrest, prosecute, convict, and seize assets of wildlife traffickers.

Human and Wildlife Trafficking Training
Thailand

Trafficking Case Building Training
Republic of Congo

Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking
Haiti

Local Training Impact Highlights

Voices of Experience Training | March 28-29, 2019

Our local trainings help law enforcement and service providers meet the needs of the community. In this two-day training, we partnered with Voices of September 11^th to address the trauma of first responders and service providers at 9/11 and the Newtown school shooting in 2012. This created a space for responders toshare their experiences in dealing with these traumatic events and identify measures for follow-up care.

Assault and Trafficking
Victim Trauma Training

Crisis Intervention Training for more than 40 police officers from 12 different Connecticut police departments.

Partners

African Union Commission

Ellington Management Group

Freeland

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Institute for Security Study

Institute for the Study of War

J. Allen Lam & Edward S. Pocock III Foundation

Kleeman Family Fund

Norwalk Police Department