Project Grant 2018DGBX0008

The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (LCLE), in partnership with the Louisiana Supreme Court (LSC) Court Case Management Information Systems (CMIS) Division, received a $1,123,857 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics through the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813). The funding will support the LCLE and LSC in leveraging technology to improve the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of criminal dispositions and...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) was awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to establish a Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC). The LASD CGIC will partner with several local and federal agencies to focus on reducing gang-related shootings and murders in the Century and Compton station areas. Funding will support personnel, equipment, supplies, training, and...

The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (LCLE) received a $1,028,780 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) (CFDA 16.554). The award will be used to improve the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of criminal disposition and mental health data provided by trial courts to Louisiana's Case Management Information System (CMIS) for reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) supports a multifaceted approach to combat fentanyl-related violent crime in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana capital region. Key components of the 3-year project include: Proactive intelligence gathering and analysis using advanced surveillance technologies, overtime, and interagency partnerships to identify and disrupt fentanyl...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (CFDA 16.738) to the National Policing Institute (NPI) to provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to agencies implementing Crime Gun Intelligence Centers (CGICs). The funding will enable NPI to deliver in-depth TTA to CGIC grantees, develop educational publications and tools, host annual CGIC conferences, and offer TTA to non-grantee...

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,150,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to the Attorney General of New Mexico. The funding will be used to purchase and deploy IBIS BrassTRAX workstations in four strategic locations across New Mexico. This will expand the state's capacity to collect gun casings from shooting incidents and feed that information into its Crime Gun Intelligence Center. The intelligence center will...

The Atlanta Police Department (APD) received a $699,539 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (CFDA 16.738). The purpose of this 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, is to establish the Atlanta Crime Gun Intelligence Center (ACGIC) to enhance the department's response to gun crime, specifically involving gang-related and repeat violent offenders in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The grant will fund the...

The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice will receive $4.5 million under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program block grant award from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding will support anti-violence programs, mental health courts, drug courts, and efforts to combat gun violence from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. Subawards will be issued to support domestic violence...

The City of Newark Police Department (NPD) was awarded $700,000 under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance on October 1, 2022. The three-year project grant will support the establishment of a Crime Gun Intelligence Center to enhance gun crime investigations and reduce violent crime in Newark, New Jersey. Specifically, $140,000 (20%) will be allocated to the Essex County...

The City of St. Petersburg received a $580,581 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (CFDA 16.738). The grant will fund the establishment of a Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC) initiative led by the St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) in partnership with local law enforcement. The CGIC will enable the immediate collection, management, and analysis of crime gun evidence to...