The County of Broward, Florida received a $546,715 block grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to support a variety of criminal justice initiatives under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program from October 2021 through September 2025. This federal grant program aims to provide additional personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems for criminal...
The Broward County Sheriff's Office will receive $663,135 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding supports the Firearm and Toolmark Unit's efforts to reduce firearm-related crime through timely ballistics analysis and entry of crime guns into the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network. Specifically, the grant will fund a second NIBIN entry unit, two additional technicians for firearm examination...
The County of Palm Beach, Florida received a $131,548 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on local needs from October 2021 through September 2025. As part of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738), grant funds can be used for initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contracts, and...
The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) has been awarded a $563,852 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Missing Children's Assistance Program (CFDA 16.543). The award will support the continued operation and management of the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, which includes 61 affiliate law enforcement agencies across a 12-county region in Florida. The task force is...
The Office of the District Attorney, 18th Judicial District has been awarded a $378,200 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738). The funding will be used to develop technological tools and infrastructure to collect data on prosecutorial discretion decisions, such as diversion, plea offers, and sentencing, and to implement equity tools to reduce racial and ethnic disparities...
The Broward State Attorney's Office 17th Judicial Circuit received a $999,350 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) to establish the AS 17 Body-Worn Camera Program. The program will develop and share best practices to improve prosecutorial decision making through the creation of a Body-Worn Camera Task Force representing law enforcement agencies in...
The State Attorneys Office-17Th Circuit in Broward County, Florida received a $499,998 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant supports the Enhancing Investigations and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (EIP) project, which aims to improve the capacity of law enforcement and prosecutors...
The Orange County, Florida Board of County Commissioners received a $397,070 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to support public safety initiatives from October 2021 through September 2025. Under the award, the Orange County Sheriff's Office will utilize $397,070 in funding to install two license plate reader cameras, acquire 15 Avigilon security cameras for a real-time crime center, and...
This $385,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) to the Cleveland County District Attorney's Office, District 21 (District 21). The funding will support two new prosecutor positions and the implementation of a data management software system to track cases coming into the District Attorney's Office. The new prosecutors will manage case intake, field questions...
The State Of Florida Office Of The State Attorney 9TH Circuit (SAO9) has been awarded a $370,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) to update its outdated case management system. The goal of this project is to enhance SAO9's ability to accurately capture and analyze crime data to assess local crime trends and implement more effective processes and policies for reducing crime and increasing public safety in...