Project Grant 15PBJA23GG00153BRND
- The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded a $133,930 Project Safe Neighborhoods (CFDA 16.609) formula grant to the Housing Administration (a division of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth Of) to support violent crime reduction efforts in Puerto Rico. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year grant award include: Procurement of analytical software licenses (PenLink and i2) for the Puerto Rico Police Bureau and violent crime investigators to enhance criminal intelligence...
- This $1,056,218 Project Grant award under the Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) was provided to the Municipio De TOA Baja, a local government entity in Puerto Rico. The grant funding will support the municipality's efforts to enhance community policing capacity and crime prevention through comprehensive training, technology acquisition, and organizational development initiatives. Anticipated outcomes include strengthening...
- The Puerto Rico Department of Housing was awarded a $143,935 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant will fund community violence prevention and law enforcement programs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, a portion of the PSN funds will support the Police Athletic League's work with children aged 7 to 17 across Puerto Rico. This aims to strengthen police-community ties and...
- This federal Project Grant award of $517,284 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding is intended to support the Municipio De TOA Alta in Puerto Rico to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers, in order to increase the municipality's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The anticipated outcomes...
- This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women supports the Puerto Rico Department of Justice's implementation of the Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program (CFDA 16.060). The funding will enable the agency to: 1) provide training to law enforcement personnel and prosecutors on handling cybercrime cases against individuals; 2) disseminate public education on cybercrimes with a focus on gender-based violence...
- The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded the Municipality of Yabucoa $2,248,540 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026. This project grant aims to enhance community policing and public safety through organizational transformation, community partnerships, and problem-solving initiatives. Funds will support the alignment of the municipality's...
- This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) supports the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, in partnership with Coordinadora Paz Para Las Mujeres (CPM), in enhancing investigations and prosecutions of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases throughout Puerto Rico. Key activities include: 1) funding two...
- The Municipality of Isabela in Puerto Rico was awarded a $548,420 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The grant will support the municipality's efforts to enhance its community policing capacity and crime prevention initiatives over a 5-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. The anticipated outcomes of the CHP award...
- The Taller Salud, Inc. received a three-year, $2 million Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding supports the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) program, which aims to reduce violence by high-risk individuals through community violence intervention services. Specifically, Taller Salud will continue operating its Peace Accords program - Puerto Rico's only community violence...
- The Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) awarded a $1,274,698 Project Grant on October 1, 2024 to the Municipio De Bayamon in Puerto Rico under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). This grant funding will support the municipality's efforts to enhance public safety and community policing capacity through comprehensive training, technology acquisition, and organizational development initiatives. Key focus...
ABSTRACT IN RECENT YEARS, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST MONTHS OF THE YEAR 2023, THE GRANT RECIPIENT HAD AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MURDERS, ROBBERIES, ASSAULTS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMES IN RURAL SECTORS, MARGINALIZED URBAN AREAS AND TOURIST AREAS, THESE HAVE BEEN THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEMS FACING THE MUNICIPAL POLICE, IN A SUMMARY OF THE SUM OF CRIMES IN THEIR MUNICIPALITY COMPARED TO THIS SAME DATE FOR 2022 THEY HAD AN INCREASE OF 60% IN TYPE 1 CRIMES. ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS FACING THE VIEQUES MUNICIPAL POLICE IS THE INCREASE OF VIOLENT CRIMES PERPETRATED AGAINST THE CITIZENS AND AGAINST PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE MUNICIPALITY FOR THIS DATE, IN ADDITION TO THE LACK OF PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO OUR POLICE FORCE. RIGHT NOW, THEY ONLY HAVE (7) SEVEN POLICEMEN AND ONE (1) COMMISSIONER. AMONG THE REASONS FOR THIS INCREASE IN CRIME, THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED: THE ACCELERATED FLOW OF TOURISTS, WHICH BASED ON REPORTS PROVIDED TO US BY HMS FERRIES PUERTO RICO LLC, AND VISITORS REACH THE AMOUNT OF 46,000 PER MONTH, THE TRANSFER OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, THE EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF RECREATIONAL AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COAST AND SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS, THE LACK OF TRAINED PERSONNEL AND THE LACK OF SECURITY EQUIPMENT. THESE CAUSES MAKE OUR ISLAND LESS SAFE AND EXPERIENCE A DIZZYING INCREASE IN MURDERS AND VIOLENT CRIMES, ROBBERIES, CAR THEFTS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. THE PUERTO RICO POLICE, FOR THE VIEQUES DISTRICT, IN THEIR REPORT OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS RELATED TO TYPE I CRIMES, SHOW AN INCREASE DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 2023. THE GRANT RECIPIENT NOTED THAT FOR THIS YEAR 2023 THERE IS AN ACCELERATED INCREASE IN TYPE 1 CRIMES, AS INDICATED IN THE "COMPARATIVE TABLES OF CRIMINAL INCIDENCE" IN THEIR REGION, WHICH FORCES THEM TO MAKE NEW PLANS AND PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP THEM TO DECREASE THIS INCREASE. THE INSTALLATION OF SECURITY CAMERAS WILL HELP THE GRANT RECIPIENT TO INCREASE SURVEILLANCE IN THESE SECTORS AND TO CLARIFY WITH MORE CERTAINTY THE INCREASING CRIMES.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 12/3/24 | ||
| Not listed | $420.0k | 8/10/23 | ||
| Not listed | $420.0k | 8/10/23 |