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The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department received a $1,500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The grant funding will be used to purchase body-worn cameras and Taser equipment to improve accountability, efficiency, and transparency in law enforcement operations across the largest geographic county in the United States. Specifically, the grant will enable the...

The San Bernardino City Unified School District was awarded a $366,147 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program titled "Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants." Through this three-year award ending September 2024, the District will implement a School Violence Prevention Program in San Bernardino, California. This funding will support the District's efforts to develop collaborative partnerships between law enforcement...

The City of San Bernardino Police Department was awarded a $1,250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant funding will be used by the San Bernardino Police Department to hire additional career law enforcement officers from October 2022 through September 2027. The purpose of the hiring is to increase the jurisdiction's...

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, funded by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance and authorized under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738), provides $843,309 to San Bernardino County, California from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. As a unit of local government, San Bernardino County will use the block grant funding to support a range of activities to prevent and control...

The County of Riverside, California was awarded $498,388 under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG Program, CFDA 16.738) administered by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The award will support a range of criminal justice activities from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. As the primary awardee, the County Sheriff's Department will utilize funding for initiatives such as law enforcement programs, prosecution and court programs,...

The County of Riverside Sheriff's Department was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Rural Violent Crime Initiative federal grant program. The grant will support the Sheriff's Department's Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative from November 2021 through October 2024. As the primary awardee, the Sheriff's Department will work to improve training and technology and expand community-based crime...

The City of San Bernardino Police Department was awarded a $625,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will fund the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to increase the department's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts over the 5-year performance period from October 1, 2024 to...

The Orange County District Attorney's Office received a $384,826 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738). The grant will fund three key initiatives over a 2-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025: Developing enhanced APIs to modernize data element collection across the criminal justice system. Creating a data warehouse to support business intelligence...

The California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) received a $16,611,430 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.738). The goal of this award is to develop a multipronged approach to decreasing gun violence in California, supporting local jurisdictions in improving firearms relinquishment procedures and enhancing collaborative court programs that address behavioral...

The County of San Diego received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to improve criminal justice responses to domestic violence. The grant falls under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), which aims to assist state and local entities in enhancing responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Through this...