Crime Prevention and Personal Safety Education Within Public Schools Project

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).

The grantee will use the grant to enhance community policing programs. Specifically, funds will be used to purchase supplies for the Community Officers in Public Schools (COPS) prevention and education program. The project goals are to build trust between the community and law enforcement, and provide public school students with crime prevention and personal safety information.

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