South georgia circuit rural crime reduction initiative

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 community-based crime reduction efforts across multiple jurisdictions in rural South Georgia through September 2024. Specifically, grant funds will support coordinated crime reduction strategies between law enforcement and prosecutors serving Decatur and neighboring counties. The training and technology upgrades enabled by this funding are intended to help address violent crime in some of Georgia's most rural communities with limited public safety resources.