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Smart Policing Initiative (SPI)

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Justice Department Awards Nearly $444 Million to Support Violence Intervention Efforts
This December 23, 2021, Department of Justice press release highlights fiscal year 2021 awards made through Bureau of Justice Assistance grant programs, including the Smart Policing Initiative.

Justice Department Awards More Than $37 Million to Support Innovations in Policing
This December 23, 2021, Department of Justice press release highlights fiscal year 2021 awards made through Bureau of Justice Assistance programs, including the Smart Policing Initiative.

EMCVoice Highlights Smart Policing
On Forbes.com, EMCVoice contributed "Data Analysis Helps Police Departments Fight Crime," which highlights BJA's Smart Policing Initiative (SPI). "The next generation of police work is finally tapping into complicated patterns and oft-underutilized data and applying data science in an effort to make high-crime neighborhoods safer," writes author Erin Richey.

Computer Model Anticipates Crime Hot Spots
A unique collaboration between a University of California, Riverside sociologist and the Indio Police Department (IPD) has produced a computer model that predicts, by census block group, where burglaries are likely to occur. Using the model, IPD has developed interventions to address the problem, and can better anticipate hot spots of criminal activity and deploy officers accordingly. The result is an 8 percent decline in thefts in the first 9 months of 2013. This project was funded with a BJA Smart Policing Initiative grant.

Past Funding

FY 2023 Smart Policing Initiative Grant Program

  • Grants.gov deadline: May 1, 2023, 8:59 p.m. ET
  • JustGrants deadline: May 10, 2023, 8:59 p.m. ET

FY 2021 Smart Policing Initiative

FY 2020 Strategies for Policing Innovation

  • Application deadline: May 12, 2020

Strategies for Policing Innovation FY 2019 Competitive Grant Announcement

Strategies for Policing Innovation National Training and Technical Assistance Program FY 2019 Competitive Announcement

Strategies for Policing Innovation

  • Application deadline: May 21, 2018

The Police-Prosecution Partnership Initiative FY 2016 Competitive Grant Announcement

  • Application deadline: April 19, 2016

Smart Policing Initiative FY 2016 Competitive Grant Announcement

  • Application deadline: April 12, 2016

Smart Policing Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Program FY 2016 Competitive Grant Announcement

  • Application deadline: April 12, 2016

Smart Policing Initiative FY 2015 Competitive Grant Announcement

  • Application deadline: March 9, 2015

National Center for Campus Public Safety FY 2013 Competitive Announcement

  • Application deadline: June 27, 2013

Smart Policing Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Program FY 2013 Competitive Grant Announcement

  • Application deadline: May 2, 2013

Smart Policing Initiative FY 2013 Competitive Grant Announcement

  • Application deadline: February 14, 2013
Date Modified: May 11, 2023
Date Created: December 13, 2019