Police Visibility Overtime, Sexual Assault Advocate, and Enhancing Adjudication

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 Cincinnati will share the JAG funds with Hamilton County. The city will use their share of the JAG award to fund a sexual assault advocate and pay for police overtime. The county will use their share of the JAG award to support the on-going development of an offender risk management process. NCA/NCF