Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $105,500)
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.
The city of Gallipolis will use its funds to decrease probation caseloads, resulting in a positive impact on offenders who have substance abuse or mental health issues and thereby reducing the risk of re-offending. Funds will hire one probation officer to decrease the current caseload assigned to individual probation department personnel from an average of 560 cases per officer to 425 cases per officer. This will also allow the Municipal Court to increase the number of yearly assessments of offenders from 215 a year to an average of 325 per year. With a new officer, the city will be in a better position to hold offenders accountable to the requirements of paying all restitution to victims of crimes, fines, and court costs.
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