Clanton Rural Justice Information Sharing

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, the city of Clanton will use its award to support the Clanton Police Department with the Rural Justice Information Sharing project. The goal of this project is combat crime by employing the use of technology upgrades to enable law enforcement inter-agency sharing of information and intelligence. The Clanton Police Department will hire a Technology Coordinator and purchase needed equipment and software to implement a mobile data computer system and make the department interoperable with federal, state, and other local law enforcement agencies in order to enable sharing of reports, evidence, and records.

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