Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2008, $17,528)
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) allows states, tribes, and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own local needs and conditions. Grant funds can be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and information systems for criminal justice for any one or more of the following purpose areas: 1) law enforcement programs; 2) prosecution and court programs; 3) prevention and education programs; 4) corrections and community corrections programs; 5) drug treatment programs; 6) planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs; and 7) crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation).
The City of Bellflower will use their Fiscal Year 2008 Justice Assistance Grant award in the amount of $17,528 to help reduce their overall crime rate. Specifically, the city will contract two additional special assignment investigators to its existing Sheriff's Office deployment. The City of Bellflower does not have its own police department, so their law enforcement services are contracted. These special assignment investigators do not carry a traditional caseload, and are thereby able to concentrate their efforts on specific crimes and problems that call for special attention.
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