Sr Policy Advisor
US Department of Justice
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Ms. Kristie Brackens joined Bureau of Justice Assistance in 2007 at the U.S. Department of Justice as a Senior Policy Advisor on Law Enforcement in July 2014. She currently oversees the day to day operations of the National Public Safety Partnership, as the Director. As Director of PSP, she works with various DOJ components to coordinate the delivery of training and technical assistance and DOJ programmatic and federal law enforcement resources to support cities with high rates of violent crime to enhance local jurisdictions capacity to better address drug, gang, and gun crime to improve public safety. Previously, she worked as a Juvenile Justice Specialist within the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP); where she served as Team Lead on the former Attorney General Eric Holder’s Defending Childhood Initiative. During her time at OJJDP, she worked extensively on issues of juvenile justice systems improvement, youth violence, children’s exposure to violence, and addressing racial/ethnic disparities within the juvenile justice system.
Ms. Brackens holds a M.P.A. and M.S. in Justice Studies, and B.A. in Justice Studies (magna cum laude).
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