Schenectady County and City 2014 JAG Application

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 utilize the JAG award to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, investigation, prosecution and crime analysis. Funds will be used to support personnel costs and to purchase software and recording equipment, as well as essential law enforcement equipment and a range of needed supplies. Collectively, these strategies meet unfunded needs and will serve to reduce area crime and violence.

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