FY 2009 Recovery Act Rural Law Enforcement Grant Program

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 IV, the Lummi Nation will receive $455,548 to provide the Lummi Nation Police Department with a next-generation integrated incident-based report software system that will enable data sharing among other tribal, regional, and county systems, ultimately facilitating greater collaboration with area law enforcement agencies. Funds will also be used to hire a sex offender registration technician/detective to investigate sex offender-related crimes, maintain appropriate records, and ensure offenders are in compliance with state and tribal mandates, and a data crime analyst tasked with strategic criminal intelligence analysis and research and reporting of crime trends.

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