Asian Criminal Enterprise Initiative

The Congressionally Recommended Awards Program, authorized by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), 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 recommended by Congress, in the amounts specified in the joint explanatory statement incorporated by reference into Pub. L. 111-117, 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 2010 Congressional Budget and by the joint explanatory statement that is incorporated by reference into the FY2010 Department of Justice Appropriations Act.

The City of Westminster will support its Asian Criminal Enterprise Initiative. They aim to reduce crime that stems from Asian criminal enterprises by increasing police presence in the Little Saigon area of the city where criminal enterprises are prevalent; identifying, investigating, and dismantling criminal enterprises; increasing the community's accessibility to law enforcement services by providing added interface opportunities; and sharing intelligence information with criminal justice partners. Specific grant funded activities will involve the support of overtime costs of officers tasked with surveillance, the salaries of two part-time police aids, training, and investigation equipment.

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