Effective Strategies for Reducing and Preventing Crime in Clark County and the City of Vancouver

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 use their JAG grant to support the needs of local law enforcement agencies through equipment and technology improvements. Purchases include a crime reporting and analysis system, additional storage, ammunition, protective gear, a criminal and jail records system, a training records and documentation system, and an online reporting application. NCA/NCF