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Statewide Law Enforcement Community Policing Initiative

Award Information

Award #
15PBJA-22-GG-00213-BRND
Funding Category
Noncompetitive
Location
Awardee County
Merrimack
Congressional District
Status
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2022
Total funding (to date)
$500,000

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2022, $500,000)

The New Hampshire Department of Justice, as the State Administrating Agency, applied for Congressionally Directed Spending for New Hampshire law enforcement to assist with funding one time capital expenditures, training, and community oriented projects. Funding will be available to police departments to seek funding for items such as portable radios, body and cruiser cameras, bullet proof vests, training, and community oriented projects. Local police department budgets, generally, are not robust enough to support expenditures such as these. The New Hampshire Department of Justice is often approached for funding by police departments in the state, and these are the items that are cited as the most needed for police departments.

And to use grant funds to support law enforcement investigations at the NH Dept. of Justice's by purchasing equipment (Covert surveillance pole camera) to assist investigating incidences of the theft of electioneering property, In addition, the NH Dept. of Justice intends to utilize funding for supplies, such as extreme illuminating flashlights and a GPS tracker.

Date Created: July 26, 2022