County Of Racine

County of Racine, doing business as the Sheriffs Department, is a U.S. local government entity based in Racine, Wisconsin, that has been registered with the federal government since 2008. The organization serves as a law enforcement and public safety agency providing services to the county through various federal grant programs. As a child entity of Racine County, the Sheriff's Department has established itself as a prime recipient of federal grant funding, with no involvement in federal contracts but significant engagement in federal grant programs spanning public safety, drug enforcement, and emergency management initiatives.

The Sheriffs Department has demonstrated substantial federal grant activity across multiple public safety domains. Most recently, the department received a $169,600 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to expand community-based violent crime reduction initiatives, including implementation of Cellebrite digital forensic software and expansion of a 24/7 violence interruption model in partnership with the City of Racine and Racine Unified School District. Additionally, the department secured a $550,000 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Port Security Grant Program to enhance maritime transportation infrastructure security and protect critical surface transportation assets. The department has received recurring High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program grants from the Office of the National Drug Control Policy, with awards in fiscal years 2025, 2024, and 2023, totaling multi-year funding for drug enforcement and money laundering disruption efforts. A $679,328 Project Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) was awarded to support commercial motor vehicle safety initiatives with a goal of reducing CMV-related crashes by 10%. Furthermore, the Sheriff's Department has been a subrecipient of federal funds, including a February 2025 subaward from the Department of Justice Wisconsin to install Flock surveillance cameras along the I-94 corridor for violence prevention purposes, and multiple subawards from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) spanning 2024 and 2025.