Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $700,000)
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 5, the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) will maximize the capacity of rural law enforcement to combat crime through the use of collaborative strategies and the employment of data-driven enforcement techniques. IIR will leverage its organizational capabilities and experience with proven programs, such as the Center for Task Force Training (CenTF) Program, Targeting Violent Crime Initiative (TVCI)/Intelligence-Led Policing Program, National Gang Center, and the State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training Program, to facilitate training delivery services, rural agency needs assessments, and technical assistance delivery services with multimedia support. IIR will coordinate project activities with criminal justice partners to organize and deliver four regional conferences for grant recipients, focusing on risk assessment, data-driven strategies for identifying problems and solutions, task force creation and administration, and law enforcement intelligence and information sharing. They will provide technical assistance for grant recipients of Recovery Act funding to aid in the fulfillment of their project goals. IIR will also provide assistance in accessing the various existing web-based technical assistance and information sharing systems, such as slatt.org, Center for Task Force Leadership and Integrity, National Criminal Intelligence Resource Center, Regional Information Sharing Systems, Law Enforcement Online, and the Homeland Security Network.
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