The violent crime rate in texas, since the end of the covid-19 pandemic, has continued to slowly decrease over the past couple years with a 2% decrease seen in violent crime offenses in 2022 which…
The violent crime rate in texas, since the end of the covid-19 pandemic, has continued to slowly decrease over the past couple years with a 2% decrease seen in violent crime offenses in 2022 which is an improvement from the 1% decrease seen from 2020 to 2021. Despite the positive downward trend seen with violent crime, there has been an uptick in the number of property crimes that have occurred in the state with a 9% increase in property crime offenses in 2022. Of the total 817,637 index offenses committed in 2022, property crimes accounted for 84% of those crimes. The legislative budget board stated in their statewide criminal and juvenile justice recidivism and revocation rates report in february 2023 that, regarding individuals released from a prison or state jail facility in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 that were rearrested within three years of their release or start of supervision, the most prevalent type of offense for which individuals were rearrested was a drug offense and the most prevalent type of offense for which individuals were reincarcerated was a drug or property offense. The texas office of the governors public safety office (PSO) proposes to use its FY2023 byrne JAG funds to further support the reduction of crime and making texas a safer place which includes helping victims of crime recover and feel safe again while building trust within the communities with local law enforcement. Grant funds may be used to provide additional law enforcement and court personnel, specialized equipment and training for law enforcement, officer wellness programs, pre-trial diversion programs, jail or prison-based treatment programs, reentry programs, community policing and community-based violence prevention programs, and specialized software and training for court and correctional personnel. PSO anticipates the outcome of this funding will result in a reduction in crime, violence, and recidivism.
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City Of Bay CityThe City of Bay City's Project Fleet project will provide two patrol vehicles to peace officers in order to improve officer response time to service calls and…
$149,987
City Of LufkinThe City of Lufkin's Computer Lab Forensic Equipment project will provide a forensic workstation and specialized forensic training for officers in the…
$45,000
City Of FreeportThe City of Freeport's Radio System Modernization Project will provide dispatch console workstations and VP Gates to replace end-of-life dispatch radio…
$103,638
City Of RowlettThe City of Rowlett's LPR & Live Video: Reducing Crime & Enhancing Safety project will provide Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) cameras and live video…
$40,750
City Of GarlandThe City of Garland's Police Rifle-Rated Shield Program will provide rifle-rated ballistic shields to equip peace officers with essential rifle-resistant…
$50,000
El Paso Independent School DistrictEl Paso ISD's Police Fleet Upgrade project will provide a new patrol vehicle and P25 compliant mobile radios to peace officers in order to improve officer…
$37,500
Texas Alcoholic Beverage CommissionThe Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission's Strengthening Human Trafficking Investigations Project will provide a criminal analyst and a prosecutor, as well as…
$260,954
County Of BurnetBurnet County's Courthouse Metal Detectors and Panic Button Project will provide a card-based Physical Access Control System (PACS) and panic button…
$28,002
Attorney General Of TexasThe Office of the Attorney General's Sexual Extortion Investigation Grant will provide investigators and specialized forensic software to investigate…
$372,977
Town Of Anthony TexasThe Town of Anthony's Developing Leaders for Texas Law Enforcement and Crime Scene project will provide a Crime Scene Investigator, a new patrol vehicle, and an…
$52,495
City Of EulessThe City of Euless' Special Event Barriers project will provide deployable vehicle barrier equipment in order to harden the perimeter for vehicular traffic…
$95,717
Town Of AddisonThe Town of Addison's Mobile Vehicle Barrier System for Public Safety project will provide mobile vehicle barrier systems to the Addison Police Department to…
$99,934
Round Rock ISDRound Rock ISD's Advancing the Safety and Wellness of School Police and Community project will provide all the district's peace officers with access to…
$35,314
Polk CountyPolk County's Evidence/Procurement Manager project will provide an Evidence/Procurement Manager to assist in the preservation, records management, and…
$53,047
Hays CountyHays County's Environmental Enforcement Program will provide one full-time investigator and one full-time administrative assistant in the District Attorney's…
$109,477
City Of GiddingsThe City of Giddings' Virtual Reality Training Simulator Program will provide an Operator Virtual Reality Training System to the police department for…
$41,909
City Of Jasper TexasThe City of Jasper's Virtual Reality and CPA project will provide an advanced virtual reality training simulator to the Jasper Police Department. The…
$33,030
Edwards CountyEdwards County’s Interdiction Project will provide an interdiction officer to assist in targeting high crime areas in an effort to curb drug and human…
$45,000
Tarrant CountyTarrant County's Body-Worn Camera Program for Tarrant County Constables project will provide body-worn cameras to Tarrant County constables that do not…
$154,030
County Of CrockettCrocket County's Criminal Justice Grant Program FY2026 project will provide a computer aided dispatch console and a reliable radio system for the dispatch…
$75,820
County Of MontgomeryMontgomery County's Crime Scene Investigation Equipment project will provide a BLK360 G2 scanner with accessories to Montgomery County Sheriff's Office to…
$37,458
County Of Tom GreenTom Green County's Specialized Training project will provide specialized training to the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group (SOG)…
$36,554
County Of DawsonDawson County's Equipment and Technology to Efficiently Administer Justice project will provide a new case management system, a victim services database…
$52,468
City Of LockhartThe City of Lockhart's Patrol Laptop Improvement project will provide in-car computers to peace officers in order to allow direct input of situational…
$64,949
Capital Area Council Of GovernmentsThe Capital Area Council of Governments' Remote Basic Peace Officer Course (BPOC) project will provide contractual instructors to lead TCOLE-compliant…
$115,175
City Of OrangeThe City of Orange's Body Worn Camera Server Project will provide a body-worn camera video server for peace officers to secure and store police data. The…
$30,000
Capital Area Council Of GovernmentsThe Capital Area Council of Governments' Chief Instructor Position project will provide the salary, benefits, and office space for a full-time Chief…
$152,265
Kaufman C CourthouseKaufman County's 3D Crime Scene Scanner project will provide a three-dimensional crime scene scanner system to investigators within the Kaufman County Sheriff's…
$118,000
City Of AllenThe City of Allen's Crime Scene Alternate Light Source Imaging Device project will purchase a compact alternate light source imaging device to help visualize…
$43,842
City Of Fort StocktonThe City of Fort Stockton's Equipment to Reduce Crime and Combat Drug Trafficking project will provide a miniature contraband detector, a handheld narcotics…
$66,242
Criswell CollegeThe Criswell College's Criminal Justice Grant Program will provide scenario-based active shooter response training and a police vehicle to peace officers in…
$70,000
City Of SealyThe City of Sealy's Radio Upgrade project will provide P25 compliant hand-held radios to peace officers in order to improve interoperability and effective…
$125,661
SUL Ross State UniversitySul Ross State University's Police Electric Motorcycles project will provide police motorcycles and helmets to peace officers in order to patrol the campus…
$37,360
City Of LakewayThe City of Lakeway's TruNarc Narcotics Analyzer project will provide TruNarc Narcotics Detection machines which will be used for detecting the type of…
$30,727
Hardin CountyHardin County’s Technology Upgrade Continued project will provide body-worn and in-car camera systems to the Hardin County Sheriff's Office in order to document…
$42,215
County Of San AugustineThe San Augustine County's Special Investigator Project will provide a full-time special investigator to handle major crime investigations which will allow…
$52,998
Center Against Sexual And Family Violence Inc.The Center Against Sexual and Family Violence's Teen Intervention and Prevention Program (TIPP) will provide prevention services to teens considered at-risk…
$54,156
Permian Basin Regional Planning CommissiThe Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission's Mental Health and De-escalation Training project will provide crisis intervention training to law enforcement…
$87,604
Lancaster Independent School DistrictLancaster ISD 's Increased District Police Presence project will provide two new peace officers to the Lancaster ISD police force to increase police presence…
$44,630
City Of LongviewThe City of Longview's ALERRT Active Shooter Training Kit project will purchase an ALERRT Active Attack Integrated Response (AAIR) kit for the police department…
$76,211
Alvin Community CollegeAlvin Community College's ACC PD Vehicle project will provide a new patrol vehicle to peace officers to conduct patrol activities, provide rapid response, and…
$71,895
Panhandle Regional Planning CommissionThe Panhandle Regional Planning Commission's Specialized Criminal Justice Gap Training project will provide specialized training to stakeholders in the criminal…
$43,423
Ector County Independent School DistrictEctor County ISD's Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice project will provide patrol vehicle dash cameras to improve incident and traffic stop investigations…
$98,219
Panhandle Regional Planning CommissionThe Panhandle Regional Planning Commission's (PRPC) Panhandle Regional Breaching Training Project will provide funding for the Criminal Justice Program…
$55,500
City Of GrapevineThe City of Grapevine's Mobile Training Structure Systems project will provide mobile police training structures (mobile walls) to enhance officer training in…
$125,245
Waco Independent School DistrictWaco ISD's Technology Implementation and Vehicle Reliability project will provide body-worn cameras to peace officers in order to document criminal actions…
$86,600
Alpine Independent School DistrictAlpine ISD's School Climate & Safety Project will provide a school resource officer in order to improve school safety by reducing discipline issues and…
$50,236
City Of GrovesThe City of Grove's Elevating Regional Interoperability for Emergency Preparedness project will provide five P25 compliant portable radios to peace officers…
$36,155
City Of North Richland HillsThe City of North Richland Hills' Tactical Surveillance Remote Operated Robot project will provide a remotely operated tactical surveillance robot for the North…
$85,061
City Of MansfieldThe City of Mansfield's Modular Vehicle Barrier System project will provide a modular vehicle barrier system to the police department which will allow…