Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2014, $417,565)
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 municipality of Anchorage will use the FY 2014 JAG funds to support the Anchorage Police Department for: 1) added capacity to the NetApp Data Storage system for ease of management, access security, and full disaster recovery; 2) added redundancy to the uninterrupted power supply; and 3) replacement of a percentage of mobile laptop computers. NCA/NCF