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The County of Riverside Sheriff's Department was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Rural Violent Crime Initiative federal grant program. The grant will support the Sheriff's Department's Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative from November 2021 through October 2024. As the primary awardee, the Sheriff's Department will work to improve training and technology and expand community-based crime...

The White County Sheriff's Office received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Rural Violent Crime Initiative (CFDA 16.039). The purpose of this 3-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, is to develop and implement a comprehensive program called "Project SAVIOR" (Strategy Against Violence on the Rise) to address the unprecedented rise in violent crime levels within White County, Arkansas. The program will focus...

The City of Brawley, California was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Rural Violent Crime Initiative (CFDA 16.039). The grant will fund a three-year initiative to address increases in violent crime, drug (particularly fentanyl) offenses, and youth-related crimes in the small border community. The project will employ a three-pronged approach to (1) enhance community engagement, (2) promote youth education and empowerment,...

The Town of Star City Police Department received a $278,730 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Rural Violent Crime Initiative (CFDA 16.039). The purpose of the grant is to strengthen community safety and protect the public from violent crime and evolving threats in Star City and surrounding areas. Key grant activities include: Purchasing and outfitting four police vehicles, one equipped as a K-9 unit, with...

The City of Rifle, Colorado was awarded a $250,000 project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program. The funding will support the COPS Hiring Program, which is designed to advance community policing through additional law enforcement staffing. Specifically, the City of Rifle will use the grant funds to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers over a five-year period ending September 2027. This staffing increase will enhance the jurisdiction's...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded $125,000 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) federal grant program to Lincoln County, Wyoming. The funding will support the County of Lincoln's hiring or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers from October 2022 through September 2027. Consistent with the program's goal of advancing community policing, the officers will work to increase the...

The Decatur County Board of Commissioners received a $141,687 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to support the South Georgia Circuit Rural Crime Reduction Initiative. The grant was awarded under the Rural Violent Crime Initiative program (CFDA 16.039), which provides competitive funding to small law enforcement agencies and prosecutors' offices in rural areas. The project aims to improve training, technology, and expand...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $189,778 Rural Violent Crime Initiative (CFDA 16.039) project grant to the Town of Ellicottville, NY to address violent crime in the southern tier of western New York. The 3-year grant, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will support a collaborative effort between the Ellicottville and Salamanca Police Departments. The project takes a dual approach of strengthening both crime prevention through community engagement activities,...

The County of Riverside Sheriff's Department was awarded a $3.75 million project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant funding will be used from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2027 to hire additional career law enforcement officers to advance the practice of community policing and increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity....

The Walker River Paiute Tribe received a $442,753 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding will support the Walker River Paiute Tribe's hiring and rehiring of career sworn law enforcement officers, tribal/village police officers, and village public safety officers through September 2027. The COPS Office Tribal Resources Grant Hiring Program (TRGP-HIRE)...