The City of Alton, Illinois was awarded a $250,000 project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to advance community policing efforts through the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers. Funding under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) will support the City of Alton Police Department's ability to increase its community policing capacity and prevent and disrupt crime and...
The City of Alton, Texas was awarded a $781,029 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The purpose of the grant is to advance community policing through the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers. Funding will be used by the Alton Police Department to increase its community policing capacity and prevent and disrupt...
The City of Alton, Texas was awarded a $624,824 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program. The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026 to support the COPS Hiring Program. This program aims to advance public safety through community policing strategies by funding the hiring of career law enforcement officers to perform traditional police...
This $372,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) will fund technology upgrades for the Alsip Police Department in Illinois. The purpose is to improve the department's ability to respond, investigate, and apprehend offenders for organized retail crime and human trafficking. Specifically, the grant will continue the department's subscription to a real-time crime monitoring software system, allowing...
The City of Alton, Illinois received a $225,319 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 support the City of Alton and City of East Saint Louis Police Departments in establishing comprehensive body-worn camera programs through November 2024. Funding will allow the agencies to develop policies and procedures governing camera usage, data...
The City of Santa Rosa Police Department received a $898,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The grant funding will be used to establish a Real-Time Crime Center, implementing advanced technological systems including Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs), stationary cameras, and a real-time decision and operations management platform. This integrated technology approach aims...
The City of Alamo Police Department was awarded a $540,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The funding will support the acquisition of effective equipment and technologies to assist in responding to and preventing crime, and improve information sharing among law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. Specifically, the grant will fund...
This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program (CFDA 16.060) will enable St. Louis County, Missouri to implement a 36-month initiative focused on preventing, enforcing, and prosecuting cybercrimes against individuals in the region. The key activities include: Providing training in partnership with Crisis Aid International for law enforcement, medical...
The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) was awarded a $963,000 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) to implement the Automated License Plate Reader Expansion for Law Enforcement Program. The purpose is to increase the solvability of violent crimes in Independence, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri. The project will install approximately 144 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) at 42 high-traffic intersections and crime hot spots...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) is intended to prevent and reduce school violence through community interventions and training in Alexander, Pulaski, and Johnson County, Illinois. The primary activities include: Developing a youth advisory council and school behavioral threat assessment team to improve school climate and safety plans. Providing training for students, school personnel, law...