Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $2,305,525)
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 Menomonie, in conjunction with the Menomonie Police Department (MPD), will use its award to implement a countywide information and intelligence database. The city of Menomonie and the surrounding counties lack a central criminal justice information database. MPD will use project funding to implement a countywide information and intelligence database, accessible by multiple local law enforcement agencies. This database will allow MPD and other local agencies to better combat and prevent local crime. MPD also will hire information technology staff to implement and maintain the database.
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