Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $139,710)
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 1, Pend Oreille County, in conjunction with the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office, will use its award to hire personnel necessary for information sharing. The Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office has a Criminal Justice Information Sharing system with the software and technology in place to participate in intelligence-led policing and information sharing with other law enforcement agencies. What the sheriff's office lacks, however, are the personnel to implement this technology. The sheriff's office will use grant funds to hire an information technology specialist to manage this system. This specialist will take charge of software customization, training, and user support.
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