News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
A former Memphis Police Department (MPD) officer pleaded guilty in federal court in the Western District of Tennessee to one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law for assaulting an arrestee in January 2021.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
Victims include the University of Connecticut, the City of Hartford, PepsiCo. Inc., Stamford Hospital, and Yale University
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
Thank you to the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and Silvia Argueta, to Bet Tzedek and Diego Cartagena, and to Cindy Panuco and Public Counsel. And thank you to all the staff of these organizations here today for this important conversation.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
Vice Minister, your excellencies, and valued partners: good afternoon. I’d like to thank the Japanese Ministry of Justice and the United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime for hosting the second meeting of the Criminal Justice Forum for Asia and the Pacific.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
Spacelabs Healthcare, LLC (Spacelabs) has agreed to pay $2.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it overcharged the United States for patient monitoring equipment sold to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
The U.S. Marshals Service has concluded Operation North Star II (ONS II), a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative aimed at combating violent crime in 10 cities with a significant number of homicides and shootings.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
Director Allison Randall of the Office on Violence Against Women Delivers Remarks at the Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Event
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks at the Office on Violence Against Women’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Event
By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 22, 2023
A strike force made up of experts in advanced technologies and national security is now working across the country to protect crucial technological assets and the nation's supply chains from bad actors.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
Join the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) for an upcoming webinar about the National Census of Victim Service Providers (NCVSP).
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
OVC is seeking applicants for the following funding opportunity. Find information about this open solicitation and others planned below.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
Thank you, Eddie [Bocanegra]. I’m so pleased to be here today to close out Day 2 of this conference.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
The Office for Victims of Crime staff members extends our condolences to the victims of recent mass shootings.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
OVC is seeking applicants for the following funding opportunity. Find information about this open solicitation and others planned below.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
OVC wants to ensure that all programs serving victims of crime are counted in the 2023 National Census of Victim Service Providers (NCVSP).
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
Listen to a recording of the latest “From the Director’s Desk” monthly briefing.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
The Justice Department announced today charges against a former Riverside resident with two counts of hate crimes for allegedly targeting and shooting two Jewish men as they departed religious services outside two Los Angeles synagogues over the past two days.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
A federal jury convicted a Montana man of hate and firearms crimes for firing an AK-style assault rifle at the residence of a woman, who identified as lesbian, and was home at the time.
By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023
The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with the Anchorage School District in Anchorage, Alaska, to address the discriminatory use of seclusion and restraint against students with disabilities. The settlement, which resolves the department’s investigation under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), will protect students with disabilities by eliminating seclusion and prohibiting discriminatory restraints.
