FY 2009 Justice Assistance Grant Program

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) allows states and units of local governments, including tribes, to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own state and 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, including 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 and enforcement programs; 6) planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs; and 7) crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation).

The city of Riverside will use its Fiscal Year 2009 JAG award to purchase computers and equipment for the Riverside Police Department (RPD). Funds will purchase 30 portable radios with regional interoperability capabilities that meet Federal Communications Commission 'narrow banding' mandate. The city will also upgrade RPD computer work stations, monitors, printers, and scanners.

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