The City of Alexandria, Louisiana was awarded a $276,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The grant will fund the replacement of body-worn cameras for front-line police officers in Alexandria, whose current cameras are reaching the end of their service life. The new cameras will have dual batteries to ensure coverage for a full 12-hour shift plus up to 4...
The City of Alexandria, Virginia was awarded a $175,000 Project Grant from 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 grant will fund the establishment of an after-school public safety mentoring program to guide high school juniors and seniors towards careers in public safety fields such as law enforcement, fire, and emergency communications. The program...
The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards (CFDA 16.753) program. The grant will fund the acquisition and implementation of a new digital high-definition Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR)/camera system for the agency's air support unit helicopter. The purpose is to replace the existing outdated analog FLIR/camera system to improve the quality of aerial...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office awarded a $242,433 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Grant Parish Sheriff's Office in Colfax, Louisiana. The funding will support the Sheriff's Office's efforts to increase its community policing capacity and crime prevention activities over a 5-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. Anticipated outcomes include...
The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office (LPSO) received a $107,700 project grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office to implement the School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP). The grant period runs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Under the COPS Office Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), LPSO will use the funding to improve school security and promote a positive learning environment through...
The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice was awarded a $2,011,380 Formula Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The grant funding will be used to enhance the capacity and efficiency of public forensic DNA laboratories across Louisiana. Key activities include: Purchasing equipment and supplies to expand DNA analysis capabilities Providing training for forensic...
The Rio Arriba County Sheriff's Office was awarded a $963,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) to support its Sheriff's Office Equipment Acquisition Initiative. The funding will be used to acquire and deploy new patrol vehicles and license plate readers (LPRs), as well as to conduct strategic law enforcement operations and comprehensive data collection and analysis. The objectives of the project...
The Lafayette City Parish Consolidated Government was awarded a $625,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding will support the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers to enhance the jurisdiction's community policing capacity and prevent and disrupt crime and violence from October 1, 2022 to September 30,...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) supports a multifaceted approach to combat fentanyl-related violent crime in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana capital region. Key components of the 3-year project include: Proactive intelligence gathering and analysis using advanced surveillance technologies, overtime, and interagency partnerships to identify and disrupt fentanyl...
The Arlington County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) was awarded a $460,000 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (CFDA 16.835). The grant will enable ACSO to establish a comprehensive body-worn camera (BWC) program by acquiring 230 BWCs for 110 field, supervisory, and jail deputies in Year 1, with an additional 60 BWCs in Years 2 and 3. The expected outcomes of the BWC program include...