Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $1,547,392)
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) solicits applications for initiatives which assist law enforcement in rural states and rural areas. The program helps rural states and rural areas to prevent and combat crime, especially drug-related crime, and provides for national support efforts, including training and technical assistance programs strategically targeted to address rural needs.
The Assistance to Rural Law Enforcement to Combat Crime and Drugs Program, administered by BJA, helps rural states and rural areas prevent and combat crime, especially drug-related crime, and provides for national support efforts, including training and technical assistance programs strategically targeted to address rural needs. In addition, priority consideration will be given to local law enforcement agencies in rural areas where the unit of local government is not eligible to receive a direct allocation from the Recovery Act Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program or received a direct allocation that was $50,000 or less. Applicants were invited to submit a proposal under any one of the following categories to: (1) combat rural crime; (2) improve rural law enforcement investigations; (3) enhance rural detention and jail operations; (4) facilitate rural justice information sharing; or (5) develop a national training and technical assistance program.
Under Category 4, Routt County will use their award to enhance multi-agency information sharing, resulting in increases in officer safety, public safety, and the detection, enforcement, and prosecution of criminal activity within the county. In order to accomplish this, Routt County will hire a project manager, an information services specialist, and a data migration engineer to oversee and implement the project. Grant funds will also purchase and install the hardware, software, and data needed to implement a multi-jurisdictional Computer-Aided Dispatch/Records Management System (CAD/RMS) for use by the Routt County Sheriff's Office, the Routt County Jail, the Routt County Combined Communications Center, the Steamboat Springs Municipal Court, the regional All Crimes Enforcement Team, and the Steamboat Springs Police Department. Finally, the award will pay for costs associated with attending mandatory grant training.
CA/CF