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 Johnson City will use its Fiscal Year 2009 JAG award towards the purchase and deployment of a transport unit that will improve the police department's response to public safety and order maintenance by providing an alternate, more efficient means of transporting multiple arrestees and prisoners. This will improve the availability of officers for other call responses, community policing, and proactive enforcement.

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