FY 15 JAG Program

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 law enforcement and prosecution and court initiatives. Funds will be used to purchase in-car video system DVD equipment, voice recorders, camera equipment, storage inventory lockers, a firearms storage system, tactical earpieces, and bang boxes. The JAG funds will also be used to support salary and benefits for a prosecutor who focuses on drug cases and to provide law enforcement training. The project goals are to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the criminal justice system by funding a prosecutor position and the law enforcement officer training.

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