Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $31,468)
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) allows states and units of local government, including tribes, to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own state and local needs and conditions. Grant funds can be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and information systems for criminal justice, including for any one or more of the following purpose areas: 1) law enforcement programs; 2) prosecution and court programs; 3) prevention and education programs; 4) corrections and community corrections programs; 5) drug treatment and enforcement programs; 6) planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs; and 7) crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation).
Leflore County plans to utilize their grant funds to purchase video cameras for patrol units in order to properly document evidence of officer and public conduct when both have to interact with each other. Evidence will be used in criminal and civil cases where a individual has filed a complaint against the Sheriff's Department.
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