Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $12,400)
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 . Pell City and St. Clair County has agreed that Pell City will serve as fiscal agent and use the total JAG award of $12,400. Pell City will use the JAG funds to purchase and install three in-car video cameras in city police cruisers to improve officer safety, evidence documentation, training, and the sharing of information with other law enforcement agencies.
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