Safety Through Our Perseverance (S.T.O.P.)

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 City of Pico Rivera will use Fiscal Year 2014 JAG funds to fund a Safety Through Our Perseverance (S.T.O.P.) officer to combat domestic violence issues. The goal of the program is to reduce the amount of domestic violence in the city. It seeks to do this through family crisis intervention, providing resource referral services, victim assistance, and safety planning for families in crisis. NCA/NCF