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 Georgetown, through the Georgetown Police Department, will use its Fiscal Year 2009 JAG award to purchase law enforcement uniforms and equipment to enhance its policing capacity. Specifically, the police department plans to outfit its S.W.A.T. operators with the necessary uniforms, as well as tactical and safety equipment, to improve the officers' safety and their ability to respond to critical incidents.

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