The Wayne County Action Program, Inc. received a $999,827 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program. The organization will deliver services to seven high-need rural school buildings in Wayne County, New York serving over 1,700 students. Key services include implementing a Forming Competency to Reduce Risk program using Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports to provide tiered student...
The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) received a $175,000 Project Grant from 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 grant will fund the WCSO's implementation of the Washtenaw County SAJE Policing Assessment Project over a 2-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The SAJE Policing Assessment is a comprehensive tool used to define and...
The County of Wayne in Detroit, Michigan received a $1,428,183 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 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. As part of the JAG program (CFDA 16.738), Wayne County will utilize the block grant funding to support initiatives in ten program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, corrections, drug...
The Wake County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) received a $307,485 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835). The grant will fund the expansion of WCSO's body-worn camera (BWC) program to include detention officers in the county's two detention facilities. Key objectives include procuring and deploying 350 BWCs, enhancing training and policies for proper BWC use, and improving...
The County of Monroe, New York received a $800,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The funding will be used to enhance the jurisdiction's criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking over a 3-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. Key activities include: Implementing...
The Wake County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) was awarded a $878,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The purpose of the grant is to purchase and distribute 200 body-worn cameras for the detention division, 30 in-car cameras for the patrol division, and 60 radars for the patrol and homeland security/special operations divisions. This equipment upgrade project aims to enhance...
The County of Westchester in New York was awarded a $995,935 Project Grant from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835). The grant funding will enable the county to optimize its existing body-worn camera (BWC) program by hiring additional staff to proactively review and redact BWC footage, particularly for cases involving alleged police misconduct, felony sex offenses, and violent felonies....
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to expand and coordinate its existing wellness unit. The funding will support the hiring of a social worker to serve as a resource specialist within the wellness unit. The specialist will identify existing wellness resources, coordinate the sharing of these resources with resiliency officers, receive...
The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, awarded a $380,521 Project Grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) to Dutchess County Of Inc, a local government in Poughkeepsie, New York. The grant supports enhancing the county's ability to collect and utilize digital evidence to improve the prosecution of violent crimes where witness cooperation or physical evidence is lacking. Specific activities include improving the criminal...
The Oneida City Police Department received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program. The funding will be used to enhance the department's violent crime reduction operations through personnel training, enforcement activities, community engagement initiatives in high-crime areas, and technological and environmental improvements. This grant builds upon a previous $150,000 Rural...