Fiscal Year 2008 Justice Assistance Grant Program

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 Lake Worth will use its Fiscal Year 2008 JAG award in the amount of $18,088 to upgrade their existing Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System. Funds will be used to purchase upgraded software and hardware. This new system will provide more sophisticated data, crime analysis, and crime mapping capabilities for officers to use while patrolling in the field.

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