City of Springfield 2016 Justice Assistance Grant

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 Springfield will utilize the 2016 Local JAG to upgrade three existing Motorola MCC7500 Radio Consoles with Instant Recall/Recording capability. Also, funds will be used to provide computer forensics training to a police officer assigned as a forensics analyst specificly to learn data recovery from computer and telephone systems.

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