Firearms Training and Directed Overtime Project

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 Baytown will use the JAG funds to enhance law enforcement efforts by purchasing computerized firearm training simulations and offering simulator training and neighborhood patrol overtime. The goal is for law enforcement personnel to react quickly and safely and to apply what they have learned through simulated training to real life threatening situations. Specific overtime funds will be utilized to put police officers in neighborhoods to address identified issues and allow for directed police activity outside normal patrol parameters.

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