FY 2013 Local Byrne JAG Grant award.

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 program 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 disparate jurisdictions will utilize JAG funds to support law enforcement initiatives. Funds will be used to provide funding to the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, upgrade the department's mobile data computers in police cruisers, provide video/security monitoring in the evidence and interview rooms, new radios, and crime scene lighting.

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