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 City of Bakersfield will use the FY 2015 JAG Award to support overtime for a position in the police department's Special Enforcement Unit. This position will engage in community policing and gang suppression patrol in the designated area. Remaining funds will be utilized to purchase the following: expansion of the city's public safety camera network; a public safety camera; and a vehicle-based license plate reader. NCA/NCF