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 disparate jurisdictions consisting of the city of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County will use their Fiscal Year 2009 JAG award in the amount of $106,409 to purchase equipment, an all-terrain vehicle and trailer, to support a juvenile citation program. and to hire an individual to manage grant activities. The city of Las Cruces, serving as the fiscal agent, will use its share of the funding to purchase tasers and taser cameras, software upgrades for its automated fingerprint identification system, and an ATV and trailer. They will also support their Juvenile Citation Program through a new hire and grant funding. The county of Dona Ana will use its portion of the funding to enhance its capability for responding to critical incidents.

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