Enhancing Officer & Citizen Safety During High Risk Events 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 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 grantee will use the JAG award to purchase items that address officer safety and public safety in high risk situations. Funds will used to acquire items that help police personnel gain entry into barricaded or fortified locations when legally necessary, less than lethal devices, and bicycle equipment to allow officers to patrol areas of the city where vehicular access is limited to more easily move through crowds at large functions. NCA/NCF