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The Belton Police Department (BPD) was awarded a $374,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The grant will fund upgrades to public safety equipment to enhance first responders' efforts to prevent crime and increase community safety in Belton, Texas. Specifically, grant funds will support replacing outdated radios and software, adding a traffic speed trailer and...

The Combined Regional Communications Authority was awarded a $1,601,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) on March 15, 2022. The grant will fund the replacement of outdated 20+ year old software systems used by two county sheriff's offices, two municipal police departments, nine fire districts, and their consolidated public safety answering point. The new...

The City of Burlington (NC) Police Department (BPD) received a $525,560 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835). The two-and-a-half-year project will leverage and enhance BPD's current practice of using body-worn camera (BWC) footage to inform officer training. BPD will partner with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to assess the implementation and outcomes of their...

The Benton County Board of Education received a $428,363 School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (CFDA 16.710). The purpose of this Project Grant award is to improve security at schools and on school grounds through evidence-based school safety programs and technology. The funding will be used by the school district to implement initiatives that enhance school security and promote a positive learning...

This $80,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835) will enable the Jonesboro, Arkansas Police Department (JPD) to purchase 40 new body-worn cameras (BWCs). The funding will allow JPD to equip all of its officers, including reserve and administrative personnel, as well as certain public-facing employees, with BWCs. This expansion builds on JPD's existing BWC program, which was previously supported by...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Criminal Justice Council (CJC), a division of the Executive Office of the Governor of Delaware. The primary purpose of this 2-year project is to purchase and implement a statewide Law Enforcement Learning & Record Management System (LMS/RMS) to increase accreditation rates and...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), through its Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835), has awarded the City of Shreveport, Louisiana $900,000.00 to support the implementation of a body-worn camera (BWC) program for the Shreveport Police Department. The grant funding will enable the department to purchase BWC hardware and associated data storage solutions, as well as develop comprehensive policies, training programs, and best practices to guide the usage of this...

The Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS) was awarded a $2,450,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance's FY 2023 Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (CFDA 16.835). The grant will be used to outfit 650 sworn officers across all five divisions of the DPS with body-worn cameras (BWCs) and implement a new digital evidence management platform. The goal of the project is to increase officer safety and accountability, reduce false allegations,...

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards (CFDA 16.753) program. The grant will fund the acquisition and implementation of a new digital high-definition Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR)/camera system for the agency's air support unit helicopter. The purpose is to replace the existing outdated analog FLIR/camera system to improve the quality of aerial...

The Bell County Sheriff's Department was awarded a $1.56 million project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to modernize equipment for patrol and jail operations from March 2022 to March 2024. The grant will allow the department to upgrade technology and equipment to address growth in both the county population and jail population exacerbated by COVID-19 court delays....