FY 19 SW Border Rural Law Enforcement Information Sharing and Interdiction Program

The BJA Southwest Border Rural Law Enforcement Information Sharing and Interdiction Assistance Grants are an innovative new program designed to provide resources and assistance to fund rural law enforcement agencies along or near the southwest border of the United States to support their efforts to reduce violent crime, including drug-related crime and human trafficking. These grants are designed to enhance information sharing (including investigatory and intelligence data) and dedicated messaging capability among federal, state, local, and tribal agencies working along or near the southwest border, and to provide previously identified specialized equipment to address crime issues that may be unique to the designated area.

Grant funds will be used to fund an intelligence liaison officer at the Webb County Sheriff’s Office to form collaborative partnerships in sharing intelligence with local, state, and federal agencies and to provide interdiction training and equipment to enhance the abilities of the interdiction patrol officers. CA/NCF