Block Grant 15PBJA21GG01869JAGX

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554), provides $551,461 to the Idaho State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI) to pilot a program that equips law enforcement with 55 mobile identification devices. These devices will enable remote capture of arrest charges and fingerprint images, which will then be uploaded to the state's criminal history records and...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554), provides $153,200.00 to the Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigation (DPS-DCI) to purchase and install eight LiveScan digital fingerprinting submission devices in local sheriffs' offices and police departments across Iowa. The funding will enable local agencies that currently cannot afford the...

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) was awarded a $497,521 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (CFDA 16.742). The funding will be used to implement a commercial digital data and image acquisition and management system to improve the quality, efficiency, and turnaround time of forensic analysis across FDLE's crime laboratory system. Key goals include transitioning to a paperless workflow, enhancing the...

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) received a $2,247,860 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) (CFDA 16.554). The funding will support four key initiatives: 1) Purchasing 12 biometric livescan devices for local law enforcement agencies to advance full biometric submissions for arrestees; 2) Acquiring a secure internet-based gateway server to...

The Virginia State Police received a $1,320,000 Cooperative Agreement award under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The funds will be used to purchase and install 60 LiveScan units in courthouses, police departments, and sheriff's offices across Virginia. These LiveScan units will improve the communication and transfer of criminal arrest booking fingerprints, sex offender information, and other common...

Under this $493,000 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) plans to: Contract with Computer Projects of Illinois, Inc. (CPI) to upgrade the state's message switch to meet FBI-mandated NIEM-compliant transaction format standards. CPI will provide NIEM stylesheets and message key transformations to ensure all inbound and outbound National...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $635,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) to the Utah Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Forensic Services (UBFS) for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The funding will be used by UBFS to purchase, implement, and maintain a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) module specifically designed for the UBFS Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) unit. This system...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) will enable the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office to implement Rapid DNA Booking and Investigative Leads programs. The project aims to automate the DNA testing process for qualifying arrestee samples, single-source evidence, and reference samples. This will improve sample collection compliance, generate timely investigative leads, eliminate and...

This $237,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) aims to implement a Rapid DNA Investigative Leads Program in Desoto County, Mississippi. The program will automate the DNA testing process to generate timely investigative leads, eliminate and identify suspects, avoid unnecessary arrests, and swiftly identify unidentified human remains. This will improve investigative and operational efficiencies for both law...

The Maine Department of Public Safety (ME DPS) was awarded a $714,178 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554). The grant will fund several initiatives to enhance Maine's criminal justice information systems and operations: Overtime for the Maine State Bureau of Identification (SBI) to achieve compliance with the National Fingerprint File by reconciling fingerprint records...