Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $250,000)
The Congressionally Selected Awards Program, authorized by the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111-8), helps improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and/or assist victims of crime (other than compensation). Funds should be used for the projects selected by Congress, in the amounts specified in the joint explanatory statement incorporated by reference into Pub. L. 111-8, and generally consistent with one or more of the following statutory purposes: improving the functioning of the criminal justice system, preventing or combating juvenile delinquency, or assisting victims of crime (other than compensation). Each of these purposes is framed using language drawn, respectively, from the former Byrne discretionary statute, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, the Victims of Crime Act, and the Violence Against Women Act. This project is authorized and funded through a line item in the FY 09 Congressional Budget and by the joint explanatory statement that is incorporated by reference into the FY09 Omnibus Appropriations Act.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety (DPS) will purchase communications equipment to enhance law enforcement, save lives, and decrease injury rates in communities. Specifically, the grantee will purchase a new 911 system to improve law enforcement response to wide-spread disasters or threats, by enabling dispatchers to instantly send telephone text messages to thousands of reservation residents. Oglala Sioux Tribe DPS will purchase an automated booking system that will provide the technology to maintain offender records in a central system and improve the quality of records to ensure accuracy and effectiveness. They will upgrade and replace outdated computers and workstations and install them in Pine Ridge, SD and Kyle, SD, two geographically diverse locations. In addition, Oglala Sioux Tribe DPS will initiate laptop replacements and install a spam filtering server to protect agency email and internal communications systems. The grant will improve the functioning of the criminal justice system.
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