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The Sheridan School District was awarded a $494,256 project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The grant will fund school safety programs and technology from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025 to improve security at Sheridan schools in Sheridan, Arkansas. Specifically, the School Violence Prevention Program funding will support the implementation of evidence-based...

The County of Mississippi Sheriff's Office received a $33,370 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) to purchase equipment for law enforcement departments. The goal of the JAG Program is to provide additional personnel, equipment, supplies, training and technical assistance to support criminal justice initiatives at the state and local...

The City of McAllen, Texas was awarded a $250,000 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 funding will support the McAllen Police Department's "Project Grey Key" initiative to purchase advanced forensic equipment and software for use by forensic examiners. The new technology will enable improved law enforcement techniques to promote safety in...

The City of Dallas received a $1.168 million Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to support a range of criminal justice activities from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. As a block grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738), funds can support initiatives in areas such as law enforcement, prosecution, corrections, drug treatment and crime prevention...

The City of Oklahoma City received a $500,133 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) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The JAG Program allows local and tribal governments flexibility to support a wide range of activities to prevent and control crime based on local needs and conditions. Oklahoma City will use...

The City of Dallas received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, supports the Dallas Police Department's development and expansion of high-quality training in de-escalation, crisis intervention, and use-of-force response. The grant funds the creation of dynamic, multimedia...

The City of Arlington Police Department was awarded $103,975.87 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program by the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program to expand recruitment efforts. Specifically, the grant will fund out-of-state in-person interviews to reach a more geographically diverse pool of candidates, expand the department's marketing campaign, and attend the 2023 Police Recruitment and Retention Summit. The...

The City of Tucson received a $377,015 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 provide local governments with funding to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on local needs. The City of Tucson will use the award funding to support law enforcement, prosecution, corrections, drug...

The County of El Paso, Texas received a $210,519 block grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG Program, CFDA 16.738) to support local criminal justice initiatives from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. Funding will support a range of eligible activities to prevent and control crime based on local needs and conditions, including law enforcement, prosecution, corrections, drug treatment and...

The County of Fayette, Indiana will receive $250,000 from the Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program over five years to advance community policing through new law enforcement hires. Specifically, funding under this Project Grant award will support the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers through September 2027 to increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity and prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The Public...