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FY 2020 Strategies for Policing Innovation

Opportunity ID
BJA-2020-17028
Solicitation Status
Closed
Fiscal Year
2020
Closing Date
Posting Date
Solicitation Type
Competitive
Description

This program assists state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in reducing crime and improving the functioning of the criminal justice system, specifically through support for innovative and evidence-based policing practices, more effective information sharing, and multi-agency collaboration.

Recipients of funding under this opportunity will test promising crime prevention, response, and reduction practices; build their capacity to analyze and use crime intelligence and data; implement and test justice information-sharing technology; and establish a system for evaluating their effectiveness.

To support the crime reduction problem identified by the applicant, the program funds the following:

  • New personnel
  • Overtime
  • Software and/or hardware technology purchases
  • Data analysis support

Awards

Number of Awards: 10
Total Amount Awarded: $6,815,940

Date Created: March 13, 2020