This Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.835 - Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program) provides $400,000 to the Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) to expand the deployment of body-worn cameras across state correctional facilities. The funding will enable MDOC to outfit 200 trained officers with body-worn cameras, develop improved policies and practices for utilizing the cameras, and track the effectiveness of the cameras through the correctional...
The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) was awarded a $800,000 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 funding will be used to expand and improve the CDOC's existing body-worn camera (BWC) program. Key project activities include purchasing 400 new BWC units to replace outdated cameras, implementing unlimited cloud-based data storage, developing a comprehensive training...
The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) was awarded a $1,999,996 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Policy and Implementation Program (CFDA 16.835). The grant will enable DOC to expand and enhance its current BWC program by procuring 2,500 updated BWC units and issuing them to all uniformed members of services (UMOS), ensuring full implementation across the agency. This funding will allow DOC to phase out its...
The Middlesex Sheriffs Office (MSO) was awarded a $120,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (CFDA 16.835). The 36-month grant, which began on October 1, 2024, will support the acquisition and implementation of a comprehensive body-worn camera (BWC) program for the MSO. The grant funding will enable the MSO to purchase BWC equipment, develop BWC policies, and establish a holistic...
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections received a $900,010 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.835 Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program) to expand the use of body-worn cameras across three state correctional institutions. The project will add a total of 415 new body-worn cameras at Waupun, Columbia, and Green Bay Correctional Institutions, allowing correctional officers and sergeants to wear cameras while on duty. The...
The New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) received a $761,000 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 grant will fund the NJDOC Body-Worn Camera Expansion Project from December 2021 through November 2024. The goal of the federal grant program is to support law enforcement agencies seeking to establish or expand comprehensive Body-Worn Camera...
The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) has been awarded a $2,000,000 grant under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835) from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The goal of this 3-year Project Grant, which commenced on October 1, 2023, is to enable IDOC to establish a comprehensive body-worn camera (BWC) program for all of its 21 correctional facilities, which supervise a population of approximately 23,000 adult inmates and 300...
The Delaware Department of Correction (DDOC) was awarded a $113,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards (CFDA 16.753) program. The primary objective of this grant is to implement a Body Worn Camera (BWC) pilot project across two Level V and one Level IV correctional facilities in Delaware. The goal is to increase accountability, transparency, and community trust within the state's correctional system by...
The Bristol County District Attorney's Office was awarded a $562,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement body-worn camera programs for nine police departments in Massachusetts. Under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program, the grant will support the purchase of 281 body-worn cameras to outfit officers in the towns of Acushnet, Easton, Fairhaven, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Somerset, Swansea, and the...
The Middlesex County Adult Corrections was awarded a $385,660 Project Grant 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 grant will fund the establishment of a comprehensive Body-Worn Camera program for law enforcement agencies in Middlesex County, New Jersey through November 2024. Middlesex County Comptroller will oversee delivery of the program as the awardee, working...
The Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MADOC) was awarded a $2 million Project Grant 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 grant will fund the purchase of 3,086 body worn cameras for correctional officers over a three-year period beginning October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Funds will also support MADOC's ongoing body worn camera pilot program at its Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center and allow for refinement of practices based on collected data to strengthen future expansion of the program across MADOC facilities. The goal is to increase officer and incarcerated individual safety, promote accountability and transparency, assist in evidence collection for serious violations, and identify best practices through ongoing use of the technology. No subrecipient agencies will receive funding.