The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $1,806,443 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI). The purpose of this grant is to advance public safety by providing funds to the KBI to investigate illicit activities related to the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine. The grant period runs from October 1, 2024 to...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $3,997,027 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI). The purpose of this award is to advance public safety by providing funds to investigate illicit activities related to the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, and prescription opioid trafficking. The funding will be used by...
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) was awarded a $3 million project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to upgrade the Kansas Incident Based Reporting System (KIBRS) and incorporate master data management and analytics capabilities. Funded under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program, the project will replace KIBRS, which was built in 1993 and last modified in 2001, with a modern system that incorporates master data...
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (CFDA 16.742). The grant will fund the acquisition of a liquid chromatograph time-of-flight mass spectrometer (LC-QTOF-MS) for the KBI's forensic toxicology laboratory. This new instrument will enhance the laboratory's capability to detect and analyze novel psychoactive substances...
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) received a $272,476 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The funding will be used to support the following objectives over the award period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026: Fund the salary and benefits for a Forensic Scientist III position in the Topeka laboratory and two part-time laboratory technician positions in the...
The Bureau of Criminal Investigation of the North Dakota Attorney General will use a $2 million Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services grant to investigate illicit activities related to methamphetamine manufacture and distribution through September 2025. Funded under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), this Project Grant will support the state law enforcement agency's efforts to locate and investigate such illegal activities in...
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) will use a $446,442 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) to support DNA analysis services for law enforcement agencies in Kansas from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Funding will maintain staffing levels and implement process improvements at KBI's three DNA testing laboratories in Great Bend, Topeka, and Kansas City....
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) received a $532,120 Formula Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) to enhance its forensic DNA analysis capabilities. The funding will be used to support a Forensic Scientist III position focused on validation activities and a part-time Laboratory Technician role to assist the casework section. This will allow other DNA scientists to dedicate more time to processing evidence and reducing sample...
The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety will receive $1,874,991 under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Program to investigate illicit activities related to the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamines through the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). Specifically, the State Law Enforcement Agency will use grant funding from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025 to locate...
The Executive Office of the State of Kansas Governor's Grants Program Division was awarded a $1,116,629 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554). This 2-year award will enable the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to continue processing a backlog of criminal record dispositions and source documents, synchronize criminal record databases, and improve record content and completeness...