Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $150,000)
The Congressionally Selected Awards Program, authorized by the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111-8), helps improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and/or assist victims of crime (other than compensation). Funds should be used for the projects selected by Congress, in the amounts specified in the joint explanatory statement incorporated by reference into Pub. L. 111-8, and generally consistent with one or more of the following statutory purposes: improving the functioning of the criminal justice system, preventing or combating juvenile delinquency, or assisting victims of crime (other than compensation). Each of these purposes is framed using language drawn, respectively, from the former Byrne discretionary statute, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, the Victims of Crime Act, and the Violence Against Women Act. This project is authorized and funded through a line item in the FY 09 Congressional Budget and by the joint explanatory statement that is incorporated by reference into the FY09 Omnibus Appropriations Act.
Limestone County will utilize the FY 2009 Congressionally Selected Award to combat the sales, distribution, and use of illegal narcotics in Limestone County. This project is aimed at serving the entire County of Limestone, to include its five largest cities: Groesbeck, Coolidge, Thornton, Kosse, and Mexia, which combined with the rural areas equals to a population of over 22,000.
This project will create a new position within the Limestone County Sheriff's Office whose sole purpose is to combat the drug problem within the county. A detailed analysis will be conducted during and after the grant period of all narcotic related crimes and this information will be compared to crime statistics prior to this grant program. The goal of this project is to increase the number of drug-related arrests and reduce the number of property crimes related to illegal narcotics trafficking. Grant funds will cover the three-year salary and fringe for one position, to include law enforcement operative expenses.
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