Enhance community policing through upgrades of equipment and software to better serve the communities of High Point, Greensboro and Guilford County, North Carolina.

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 cities of High Point, Greensboro, and Guilford County have been identified as disparate and have agreed to share the aggregate of funds allocated to them under the FY 2013 JAG Program to enhance community policing through upgrades of equipment, vehicle and software to better serve their communities. The High Point Police Department will use JAG funding to purchase 11 in-car video cameras to enhance officers safety, improve accountability, reduce liability, simplify incident review, enhance officer training, improve community perception, strengthen police leadership, advance prosecution and case resolution, enhance officer performance and professionalism, and in the worst cases can speak for an officer when the officer is unable to speak for him/herself. The Greensboro Police Department will use funds to pay for system software and operational maintenance costs for one hundred and twenty-five body cameras, which benefit the department's community policing strategies. The Guilford County Sheriff's Department will use JAG funding to purchase two police cruisers for a newly formed "Gun Unit."
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