Block Grant 15PBJA21GG01900JAGX

The Pittsburg Police Department in Pittsburg, Kansas was awarded $235,000 under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to acquire less lethal law enforcement equipment and provide related training. The funding will support the purchase of 55 Taser 7 electronic control weapons from Axon Enterprise, Inc. to replace the department's aging conducted electrical weapons. It will also finance a protective...

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the New York City Police Department (NYPD) a $987,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to acquire personal protective equipment, specifically updated Taser conducted energy weapons. The grant will enable the NYPD to procure and distribute the newer model of Tasers, which are an effective less-lethal tool for law enforcement to safely incapacitate individuals, reducing the risk of harm...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded a $1,845,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to the City of Tucson, Arizona. The purpose of this grant is to replace 205 outdated hand-held police radios for the Tucson Police Department (TPD). The new radios will provide enhanced capabilities such as LTE connectivity, GPS tracking, and data access features that improve police communications and safety. This award...

The Austin Independent School District (AISD) Police Department (AISD PD) will use $301,330 in FY24 funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to train 250 AISD police officers and officers from adjacent school districts over a two-year period. The training will provide 40 hours of evidence-based crisis intervention training (CIT) to prepare the officers to effectively respond to and de-escalate mental health crises...

The Tampa Police Department (TPD) was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (CFDA 16.738). The grant will enable TPD to procure a customized, multi-participant, fully immersive virtual reality (VR)-based training technology. The VR system will provide scenario-based training for officers on crisis intervention, de-escalation, use of force, and report writing. The...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $794,772 Cooperative Agreement to the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. Through this award, PERF will host Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics (ICAT) de-escalation training sessions at their facility in Decatur, IL. ICAT training has been provided to over 1,400 agencies since 2017...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) aims to provide comprehensive mental health crisis intervention training for law enforcement personnel across the United States. The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), a non-profit organization specializing in law enforcement training, will develop and deliver virtual and in-person courses covering crisis...

The Pima County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) was awarded a $3,520,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to replace approximately 1,350 law enforcement handheld radios. This funding supports the PCSD's Wireless Integrated Network Radio System upgrade, as the existing radios purchased between 2009-2012 are reaching end-of-life in September 2023. The new radios will equip PCSD's commissioned and...

This cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program, under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), provides $9,790,000.13 to the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University to deliver active shooter and integrated emergency response training nationwide. Specifically, ALERRT will conduct 235 hands-on training classes and support an...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, with ID 15JCOPS24GK02506PASS, was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The $10,469,448 award will be used by Texas State University to deliver a nationwide series of training classes on active shooter/attack response, incorporating law enforcement, fire, EMS, dispatchers, and community leaders for...