Formula Grant 2018DJBX0335

The Bureau of Justice Assistance, an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, awarded a $985,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to the City of Orlando, Florida. This grant will support the Orlando Police Department's efforts to enhance transparency, accountability, and police services through the implementation of an in-car camera program. The in-car cameras will capture driving patterns and other video data during traffic stops and...

The Carbondale, Illinois Police Department was awarded a $264,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program. The grant will support the Carbondale Police Department, Jackson County Sheriff's Department, and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Department of Public Safety to establish comprehensive body worn camera programs for 132 officers across the three law enforcement...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), awarded a $153,000 project grant to the City of Utica, Michigan to modernize the Utica Police Department's camera system. The grant will fund the expansion of the department's body-worn camera program, installation of in-car camera systems in all patrol vehicles, and the deployment of four strategically placed automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras. The integrated camera system will...

The City of St. Charles, Illinois received a $130,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835). The grant funds the development and implementation of a comprehensive body-worn camera (BWC) and in-car camera program for the St. Charles Police Department. The program aims to improve transparency and accountability, and build trust between the police and the community. Key objectives...

The Culver City Police Department (CCPD) received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835). The grant funding will enable CCPD to purchase 100 new body-worn cameras (BWCs) for its sworn and non-sworn personnel. The new BWCs will feature enhanced video quality, reduced motion blur, and improved low-light performance capabilities, which will improve the capture of...

The Georgia Department of Public Safety received a $754,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237). The purpose of the project is to identify driver behavior and improve regulatory compliance by deploying camera enforcement technology at problematic locations, including work zones, high-crash...

The Metropolitan Atlanta Body-Worn Camera (MABWC) Initiative received a $399,286 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835). The goal of this two-year grant ending September 30, 2019 was to support the Board of Education City of Atlanta in establishing a comprehensive body-worn camera program for law enforcement. Funding was intended to allow the Atlanta...

The Wake County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) was awarded a $878,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The purpose of the grant is to purchase and distribute 200 body-worn cameras for the detention division, 30 in-car cameras for the patrol division, and 60 radars for the patrol and homeland security/special operations divisions. This equipment upgrade project aims to enhance...

The Paulding County Board of Commissioners was awarded a $297,041 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.835 Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program) to implement a body-worn camera program for the Paulding County Sheriff's Office. The project aims to develop law enforcement safety, community trust, transparency, and accountability through the use of body-worn cameras. Key activities include establishing community town hall meetings,...

The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office (SCDA) was awarded a $984,767 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (CFDA 16.835). The grant funding will support the establishment of a dedicated Body Worn Camera Unit (BWCU) within the SCDA to enhance the office's ability to review, redact, and collect body-worn camera footage from law enforcement in a timely manner to meet new discovery laws in New York....