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 Benton will use its 2009 JAG award to purchase computers and computer-related equipment for the Benton Police Department to ensure reliable input, storage, access, and retrieval of information stored for public and law enforcement use. Grant funds will purchase five computer towers, five computer monitors, 31 Visio Software licenses, four computer aided dispatch software licenses, and upgrade the random access memory in 11 computers.

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