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The City of Oakland Police Department (OPD) was awarded a $695,997 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG Program, CFDA 16.738). The grant will support OPD's efforts to address rising gun violence in Oakland through four key initiatives from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. First, it will improve the capacity of OPD's firearms analysis by hiring a forensic...

The City of East Jordan, Michigan will receive $125,000 from the Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program under a Project Grant award to hire or rehire career law enforcement officers from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. The purpose of the award is to advance the practice of community policing through additional police staffing, as the COPS Hiring Program aims to increase jurisdictions' community policing capacity to prevent and disrupt crime...

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, administered by the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance, awarded $142,374 to the City of Vallejo Police Department to support a range of criminal justice initiatives from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. As a JAG Block Grant under the CFDA 16.738 program, funding can support law enforcement, prosecution, courts, corrections, drug treatment, planning, crime victims' services,...

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program awarded the City of San Diego $519,782 through September 2025 to support local criminal justice initiatives. Administered by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, the JAG Program (CFDA 16.738) aims to help state and local governments curb crime through personnel, training, technology, and programs in areas like law enforcement, courts, corrections, drug treatment and prevention. Funds can be applied broadly...

The City of San Jose received a $367,516 block grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG Program, CFDA 16.738). The JAG Program aims to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on state and local needs and conditions. Funds can be used for initiatives, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, and information systems to support law...

This Project Grant award 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) provides $116,220 to a consortium of five law enforcement agencies in Ohio, led by the Village of Lakemore, to enhance regional capabilities to combat and mitigate violent crime. The primary activities include the strategic use of advanced technological tools such as Flock Cameras and Star Chase GPS systems to improve...

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 City of Oakland, California, through its Police Department (OPD), has been awarded a $646,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to implement the Procedural Justice/Community Police Trust Project. The 2-year grant, effective from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025, will support OPD's efforts to enhance police-community relations and trust through a series of reconciliation workshops. The project aims to repair historical tensions and foster...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the City of Oakland's Department of Violence Prevention a $200,000 project grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to fund a full-time Program Analyst position from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The Program Analyst will manage contracts with eight community-based organizations to support the Department of Violence Prevention's crisis response activities through...

The City of East Cleveland will use a $375,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Program to enhance community policing capacity. The grant funds will support the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers through the COPS Hiring Program. This program aims to advance community policing practices by increasing jurisdictions' law enforcement staffing levels to better prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The City of East...