Shreveport police department, the dual-role fiscal agent, on behalf of the U.S. Attorney=S office for the western district of louisiana (WDLA), requests approximately $152,565.00 in FY2022 PSN grant…

The Shreveport Police Department, as the certified fiscal agent for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana, was awarded $152,565 under the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Formula Grant program by the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The PSN program (CFDA 16.609) provides funding support to federal judicial districts for their PSN strategies, which aim to reduce violent crime through prosecution initiatives and law enforcement coordination across jurisdictions. Funds will support the ongoing efforts of the WDLA's PSN Task Forces located in Shreveport, Monroe, Alexandria, Lafayette, and Lake Charles, which coordinate prosecution of firearms offenses among the U.S. Attorney's Office and over 200 state and local law enforcement agencies across the district's 42 parishes. Since 2017, these task forces have significantly increased prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. 922 and 924 and obtained prison sentences for an average of over 95% of defendants each year through FY2021.

Shreveport police department, the dual-role fiscal agent, on behalf of the U.S. Attorney=S office for the western district of louisiana (WDLA), requests approximately $152,565.00 in FY2022 PSN grant funds for the period october 1, 2022 - september 30, 2025. Since 2002, the U. S. Attorney=S office for the WDLA has developed the PSN initiative in five regional task forces located in the major cities of the judicial divisions of the district B shreveport, monroe, alexandria, lafayette and lake charles. The WDLA covers more than 2.1 million citizens, 42 of louisiana=S 64 parishes, and over 200 law enforcement agencies. Due to the success of the WDLA PSN initiative and PSN task forces, reinforced throughout the district since october 2017, violent crime prosecutions involving firearms with charges under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922 and 924 have increased significantly, reaching a high point in FY2019. Out of these, an average of 98.8% were sentenced to prison in FY2019, 95.2% in 2020, and 97.7% in 2021. Statistics from the first quarter of FY2022 are already at an all-time high. Category FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 (JAN-MAR) matters received 81 174 194 127 145 118 defendants filed 63 93 129 113 126 128 cases filed