Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $122,909)
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 2, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office will use the award to hire a crime analyst for the Jackson County Task Force. The employee's duties will include compiling data concerning the sale of pseudoephedrine and identifying individuals and/or groups of individuals suspected of purchasing pseudoephedrine for the purpose of manufacturing methamphetamine, as well as compiling data to identify individuals engaged in the drug enterprise and collaborating with one another in the sale and distribution of cocaine for the purpose of establishing federal drug conspiracy cases. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office will purchase six subscriptions to the Lexis-Nexis database for the task force, which will allow law enforcement to operate more efficiently in acquiring data related to investigations and improve the function of the criminal justice system.
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