Idaho State Police

Idaho State Police, a U.S. government entity registered in SAM.gov since April 2002, serves as the central law enforcement agency for the state of Idaho and operates through its Financial Services division to receive and administer federal awards. As Idaho's primary law enforcement authority, the Idaho State Police provides critical services to support criminal justice operations, victim assistance, forensic analysis, and information sharing infrastructure across state, local, federal, and tribal law enforcement partners. The agency maintains criminal history records and operates central repositories for sex offender registration, DNA analysis, and other law enforcement databases essential to the state's public safety infrastructure.

Through federal contract awards, Idaho State Police has primarily provided Integrated Law Enforcement Telecommunication System (ILETS) connectivity services to federal law enforcement partners, including the Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Air Force. Between 2021 and 2024, the agency received multiple purchase order contracts ranging from $10,625 to $85,536.72 for providing annual access fees and connectivity services to ILETS system sites in Boise, Coeur d'Alene, Pocatello, and Gowen Field. These contracts, which require no set-aside designations, enable federal agencies to access critical information sharing systems that facilitate communication and data exchange between local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. The nature of these contract awards reflects Idaho State Police's role as a critical infrastructure provider for the broader law enforcement community, with the FBI Headquarters Division and Air Force serving as primary contracting agencies.

Idaho State Police has been awarded extensive federal grant funding from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, and other federal agencies to support comprehensive criminal justice initiatives across Idaho. Major grant programs include the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program, which totals over $2.5 million across multiple award periods to support law enforcement programs, prosecution and courts, victim services, and technology improvement projects distributed to state, local, tribal, and nonprofit subgrantees. The agency administers significant forensic capacity grants, including DNA analysis funding through the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program ($600,000) and Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants ($294,696 to $324,768) supporting forensic services across controlled substance analysis, DNA testing, breath alcohol calibration, and forensic document examination. Additional major grants include Violence Against Women formula grants totaling over $3.2 million for sexual assault victim services, domestic violence intervention, and specialized court programs; Residential Substance Abuse Treatment grants supporting jail-based treatment programs at Twin Falls County Adult Detention Facility; and the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative grants providing DNA testing and advanced genealogy research methodologies to address cold cases involving sexual assault and homicide. The agency also administers grants from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for motor carrier safety programs, the Office of the National Drug Control Policy for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program, and the Office of Justice Statistics for analytical research projects on substance use, school-based law enforcement, and criminal justice data systems. Through its Planning, Grants, and Research division, Idaho State Police serves as the State Administering Agency (SAA) for multiple grant programs, distributing funds to county sheriffs' offices, city police departments, victim advocacy organizations, educational institutions, and specialized research centers throughout Idaho to implement evidence-based criminal justice initiatives addressing violent crime, substance abuse, sexual assault, human trafficking, and forensic capacity.