BJA-funded Programs Eligible for NIJ ARRA Evaluation ...



BJA-funded Programs Eligible for NIJ ARRA Evaluation Solicitation

Below are Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Recovery Act: Assistance to Rural Law Enforcement to Combat Crime and Drugs programs. NIJ has identified each of the below BJA-funded programs as eligible for evaluation under the NIJ FY 2010 solicitation “Recovery Act: Evaluation of Recovery Act State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance.”

Applicants to the FY10 NIJ solicitation must use this list to identify one or more programs to target for evaluation. Please refer to the solicitation for all other requirements (see ).

Eligible programs are listed by category and then alphabetically by program legal name:

• Page 1 – Category I: Combating Rural Crime

• Page 6 – Category II: Improving Rural Law Enforcement Investigations

• Page 7 – Category III: Enhancing Rural Detention and Jail Operations

• Page 10 – Category IV: Facilitating Rural Justice Information Sharing

• Page 12 – Category V: Training and Technical Assistance

Category I: Combating Rural Crime

Program Legal Name: Bolton, Town of (NC)

Federal Funding Amount: $600,000

Project Summary: The town of Bolton, in conjunction with the town of Delco and the Columbus County Sheriff’s Department, will receive a $600,000 grant to create a law enforcement team. The town of Bolton and surrounding areas lack a local law enforcement agency and must rely on the Columbus County Sheriff’s Department for service calls. Over the past several years, these communities have seen an increase in crime, including violent crime and crimes committed by juveniles. Bolton will use grant funds to create a multidisciplinary enforcement team that can address these issues and work to reduce and prevent crime in Bolton and the surrounding communities. This law enforcement team will work closely with the Columbus County Sheriff’s Department to ensure the team’s sustainability. This local law enforcement team will implement an effecting rural policing strategy that can be duplicated in other small rural communities.

Contact Information: Frank Wilson, (910) 655-8945, tbbless@

Program Legal Name: California Department of Justice (CA)

Federal Funding Amount: $1,435, 904

Project Summary: The California Department of Justice (CA DOJ), in conjunction with the Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence (BII), will receive a $1,435, 904 grant to combat mortgage fraud. As most states, California has seen a drastic increase in the number of foreclosures on families’ homes. Many agree that this increase in foreclosures is due to mortgage fraud committed by the lender or underwriter of the loan. To combat the occurrence of mortgage fraud, CA DOJ and BII will expand their investigative support teams. Through grant funding, the department will be able to retain three special agents and two crime analysts. This will allow the department to increase their investigations into allegations of mortgage fraud and will allow them to continue to support collaboration with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies also combating mortgage fraud.

Contact Information: Dave Harper, (916) 322-2332, dave.harper@doj.

Program Legal Name: Kansas, State of (KS)

Federal Funding Amount: $4,716,405

Project Summary: The State of Kansas, in conjunction with the Kansas Highway Patrol, will receive a $4,716,405 grant to reduce the number of narcotics traffickers through the professional investigation, apprehension, and conviction of criminals; to enhance the drug detection canine program; to enhance Domestic Highway Enforcement training to increase officer and community safety; to acquire specialized technology to enhance detection of drugs, weapons, explosives, aliens, and other illegal contraband; to enhance detection of illegal contraband being carried in commercial motor vehicles; to increase the availability of narcotics detection technologies and equipment to support local law enforcement agencies; and to enhance intelligence gathering and sharing. The State of Kansas will use the funds to hire 20 full-time Domestic Highway Enforcement Team (DHET) members. Included in the 20 new hires will be 3 lieutenants, 12 tech troopers, and 5 troopers for the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP). The funds will also be used to purchase eight drug-detecting canines and specialized drug detection equipment. The primary concern of the Kansas Highway Patrol is to prevent and combat drug-related crime and increase traffic safety. DHET will provide KHP with an opportunity not only to save lives, but also to make a positive impact on drug-related crime through the detection and apprehension of criminals.

Contact Information: Terry L Maple, (785) 296-6800, tmaple@khp.

Program Legal Name: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (MN)

Federal Funding Amount: $792,274

Project Summary: The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, in conjunction with the Leech Lake Tribal Police Department (LLPD), will receive a $792,274 grant to reduce gang activity and deter violent crime on the Leech Lake Reservation. Leech Lake Reservation has seen a drastic increase in the amount of drug and gang activity and the crime and violence that typically accompany these activities. Using grant funds, LLPD plans to expand its efforts in combating violent crime and drug, gang, and gun crime by hiring two additional investigators. The department will also hire a crime data analyst so that the department can participate in intelligence-led policing strategies. The analyst would assist LLPD to assess current problems and brainstorm about solutions to issues on the Leech Lake Reservation.

Contact Information: Arthur LaRose, (218) 335-8200, chairman@

Program Legal Name: Michigan Department of State Police (MI)

Federal Funding Amount: $6,553,686

Project Summary: The Michigan Department of State Police will receive a $6,553,686 grant to coordinate “The Hometown Security Teams” program, a highway criminal enforcement initiative directed at rural northern Michigan. The purpose of this effort is to intercept and deter transportation of contraband on Michigan highways, enhance homeland security efforts at the international border and critical infrastructure, provide a mobile response team for emergency situations in rural areas, gather intelligence information to further criminal investigations and deter criminal activity, and provide a traffic enforcement component to ensure safe driving and safe vehicles. The Michigan Department of State Police will use the funds to achieve these goals by hiring and training 15 troopers and 3 sergeants. The funds will also be spent on equipment and resources necessary to achieve these program objectives: the seizure of drugs and drug paraphernalia, recovery of stolen property, seizure/forfeiture of real property and cash, arrests and convictions of criminals, measurement of enforcement contacts, interruption of drug transportation, and development of major cases involving criminal enterprise.

Contact Information: Peter Munoz, (517) 336-6157, MunozP@

Program Legal Name: Missouri State Highway Patrol (MO)

Federal Funding Amount: $3,471,119

Project Summary: The Missouri State Highway Patrol will receive a $3,471,119 grant to prevent and combat crime in rural areas of the State of Missouri and to develop a multiagency model of intelligence gathering that applies intelligence-led policing efforts to identify, apprehend, and prosecute criminal suspects successfully. The Missouri State Highway Patrol will use the funds to develop and support a rural crimes task force, consisting of 10 criminal investigators, 2 criminal analysts, and part-time clerical assistance. The task force will be focused on an integrated effort in rural areas to prevent and combat crime, in particular drug-related crime. Funds will also be used to provide equipment and supplies for investigators to perform their duties. To maximize statewide coverage, criminal investigators will be geographically dispersed in nine regional areas. These investigators will be tasked with coordinating rural criminal investigations with local police, sheriffs, and prosecutors. Task force investigators will facilitate quarterly meetings of stakeholders, including citizens, which will have a positive effect on combating crime. Investigators will facilitate formation of specialized operations to address specific criminal activity (e.g., theft of grain, livestock, farm implements, and metal). Analysts will compile, review, analyze and disseminate information and intelligence related to rural crimes.

Contact Information: James Keathley, (573) 751-3313, richard.fredendall@mshp.dps.

Program Legal Name: Montana Department of Justice (MT)

Federal Funding Amount: $1,230,902

Project Summary: The Montana Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Division of Criminal Investigations, Narcotics Bureau will receive a $1,230,902 grant to create a Drug Diversion Unit. Montana has seen a drastic increase in prescription drug abuse and deaths stemming from it over the past decade. Prescription drug investigations require a particular skill set and training, but many of the officers and investigators working these cases lack adequate training and experience. The Narcotics Bureau will use grant funds to create a Drug Diversion Unit that will be tasked with investigating prescription drug abuse cases and those individuals involved in these types of crimes. The officers and prosecutor assigned to this unit will have adequate training and manpower to combat prescription drug abuse in a community by providing community outreach and education programs, and by investigating and prosecuting crimes throughout the state.

Contact Information: Mike Batista, (406) 444-3874, mbatista@

Program Legal Name: Navajo Nation Judicial Branch (AZ)

Federal Funding Amount: $1,362,906

Project Summary: The Navajo Nation Judicial Branch, on behalf of the Office of the Chief Justice of Probation Services, in partnership with the Department of Corrections, Office of the Chief Prosecutor, Office of the Public Defender, Division of Social Services, and Department of Behavioral Health will receive a $1,326,906 grant to form the Navajo Nation Nábináhaazláago Initiative to provide comprehensive services to adolescents in Navaho juvenile detention centers and will emphasize fairness, mutual respect, and shared responsibility. Adolescents housed in Navajo juvenile detention centers lack access to risk and needs assessments, treatment and educational services, and positive modern or traditional Navajo programming because of lack of resources. The centers are also unable to provide reentry services or aftercare for adolescents who are released from detention centers. Although actual recidivism data does not exist, anecdotal evidence says that there are high rates of recidivism among Navajo juvenile offenders. With funding through this grant, the initiative will ensure that adolescents in Navajo juvenile detention receive necessary assessment, services, and treatment. Funding will allow the initiative to hire individuals who can gather research and information to develop functional, collaborative plans for detention, probation, aftercare, and monitoring programs, as well as individuals who can collect and distribute information among collaborating agencies. The grant will also provide funding to hire probation case managers and officers to provide needed services to detained adolescents, as well as technicians to provide support to the officers and the program.

Contact Information: Herb Yazzie, (928) 871-7669, josephinefoo@

Program Legal Name: Nebraska Attorney General (NE)

Federal Funding Amount: $696,907

Project Summary: The Nebraska Attorney General will receive a $696,907 grant for the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to combat cybercrimes in Nebraska, especially in its rural counties, by expanding the AGO’s Cybercrime Unit. The majority of Nebraska’s rural counties are served by understaffed and underfunded law enforcement agencies that lack adequate technology to investigate or prosecute cybercrimes. While the Nebraska State Patrol has received funding to combat internet crimes against children, their resources are spread thin and concentrated in urban centers. By expanding its Cybercrime Unit, the AGO aims to focus on fighting cybercrimes in rural Nebraska counties. Funding will be used to retain one investigator, hire an additional investigator, and hire a prosecutor to work with this unit. AGO will also use funding to furnish the unit with needed technology and equipment. With additional staff and equipment, the Cybercrimes Unit will be able to establish investigative and prosecutorial protocols, establish communications among other agencies combating cybercrimes, increase the number of trained cybercrimes investigators and prosecutors, and increase the number of investigations, arrests, seizures, and prosecutions of cybercriminals.

Contact Information: Jon Bruning, (402) 471-2682, nedoj@

Program Legal Name: New Mexico Attorney General’s Office (NM)

Federal Funding Amount: $678,880

Project Summary: The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office (NMAGO), in conjunction with the Border Violence Division (BVD), will receive a $678,880 grant to combat human trafficking and increase their ability to extradite or pursue foreign prosecution of individuals who have committed state offenses and fled to other countries. New Mexico did not designate human trafficking as a state criminal offense until 2008. Because New Mexico has only recently identified this as a criminal offense, there is only a grassroots effort to combat these activities. New Mexico’s location on the U.S./Mexico border makes it easier for criminals to flee and avoid arrest and prosecution. Funding from this grant will allow NMAGO and BVD to hire four additional staff to assist with extradition and foreign prosecution efforts of criminals who have fled the country, particularly to Mexico. These four positions will also work to combat human trafficking in New Mexico. To accomplish both of these goals, NMAGO and BVD will enhance their intelligence-led policing strategies to collect, analyze, and share data on crimes and locations of criminals with other federal, state, and local agencies. NMAGO also plans to collaborate with the Attorney General in Chihuahua, Mexico to combat human trafficking and increase extradition and foreign prosecutions of criminals who have fled the United States.

Contact Information: Maria Sanchez-Gagne, (505) 827-6716, MSanchez@

Program Legal Name: Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department (CA)

Federal Funding Amount: $773,308

Project Summary: The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department will receive a $773,308 grant to implement a collaborative, information sharing approach to combating crime in Siskiyou County. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department is responsible for providing law enforcement services for a large area, but lacks adequate manpower to provide essential services. With an increasing crime rate and a decreasing budget, the sheriff’s department is being forced to cut essential services. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department will use grant funds to create a Criminal Intelligence Task Force comprising 14 officer and civilian positions. This task force will be responsible for improving data and evidence collection, analysis, and dissemination within the county. This task force would also implement and enhance collaboration with neighboring law enforcement agencies. Additional officer positions, information sharing, and collaboration would all help the department to combat crime and serve the community.

Contact Information: Rick Riggins, (530) 842-8152, rick.riggins@co.sisqjustice.ca.us

Program Legal Name: St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office (LA)

Federal Funding Amount: $707,951

Project Summary: The St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office (SMSO) will receive a $707,951 grant to create a multiagency, multijurisdictional team whose mission will be to combat drug activity and drug-related crime in the local communities. While SMSO does have a narcotics unit that focuses on drug-related investigations, it does not have funding to support a street-level team to address street-level drug activity and drug-related crime and violence. Through grant funding, the sheriff’s office will be able to create the Street Level Interdiction and Crime Enforcement Unit. This multiagency, multijurisdictional unit will have four new officer positions, a unit supervisor position, and a crime analyst position. In addition, this unit will take an intelligence-led policing approach to combating drug-related crime and violence by collecting and disseminating crime data. As a result, SMSO will be better able to combat drug activity and drug-related crime and violence in the community.

Contact Information: Ronald Theriot, (337) 394-3071, jleblanc@

Program Legal Name: Tohono O’odham Nation (AZ)

Federal Funding Amount: $394,724

Project Summary: The Tohono O’odham Nation, in conjunction with the Tohono O’odham Police Department (TOPD), will receive a $394,724 grant to increase its intelligence-led policing (ILP) efforts to combat drug trafficking operations. A portion of the U.S./Mexico border lies within the Tohono O’odham Nation and the TOPD partnered with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to assist with border protection and combat drug trafficking activities. Because of these services, TOPD has been unable to support its ILP efforts, combat drug-related crimes within the nation, and participate in local information-sharing programs. The department will use funding to hire an intelligence analyst and purchase needed equipment in an effort to enhance their ILP and data-driven strategies. By increasing ILP and data-driven strategies, the department will also be better suited to participate in justice information sharing, collaboration, and problem solving with other local, state, federal, and tribal agencies.

Contact Information: Ned Norris, (520) 383-2028, ned.norrisjr@tonation-

Category II: Improving Rural Law Enforcement Investigations

Program Legal Name: Chippewa Cree Tribe (MT)

Federal Funding Amount: $840,609

Project Summary: The Chippewa Cree Tribe will receive $840,609 to increase their investigative capabilities in order to combat and reduce the increasing prescription drug abuse problem on their reservation. The Chippewa Cree Tribe will use the funds to create two new Special Investigator positions, two new Detention Officer positions, and one School Resource Officer position. The funds will also be used to maintain three essential services: investigation, detention, and prevention; establish collaborative partnerships; and initiate multiple new investigations per year.

Contact Information: Raymond Parker, (406) 395-5705, jake@cct.

Program Legal Name: Decatur County Government (IN)

Federal Funding Amount: $499,941

Project Summary: The Decatur County Government will receive $499,941 to collect baseline data and reduce the number of thefts of property to support the manufacturing of methamphetamine; reduce the number of thefts of anhydrous ammonia from rural farms and commercial distribution centers; reduce the amount of methamphetamine being trafficked and sold within Decatur County; increase operational effectiveness through the use of intelligence-led policing from gathering and plotting of data to identify areas presenting best promise for return on the investment of resources; and increase the number of investigations initiated and the percent of investigations that lead to an arrest or conviction of offenders. The Decatur County Government will use the funds to create an Investigative Division by hiring three new officers, implement the use of streamlined electronic reporting for suspicious activity, implement the use of motion sensors and video surveillance recordings to improve manpower effectiveness, and deploy a canine to track and identify suspects and contraband.

Contact Information: Jerome Buening, (812) 663-8125, dc161@decaturcounty.

Program Legal Name: Oregon Department of Justice (OR)

Federal Funding Amount: $1,531,744

Project Summary: The Oregon Department of Justice will receive $1,531,744 to retain and create jobs and to successfully investigate and prosecute drug cases across Oregon. The Oregon Department of Justice will use the funds to retain one prosecutor position, hire two investigators, one analyst, and one additional prosecutor. The funds will also assist in the establishment of a Strike Force team that will work with local law enforcement agencies across the state to investigate, prosecute, and deter drug-related crime. The funds will also be used to maintain essential services provided by civil forfeiture prosecutor and to initiate a minimum of 15 cases per year.

Contact Information: John Kroger, (503) 378-6347 x234, ken.rueben@state.or.us

Category III: Enhancing Rural Detention and Jail Operations

Program Legal Name: Columbia, County of (OR)

Federal Funding Amount: $457,397

Project Summary: Columbia County will receive $457,397 to demonstrate to the community the value of proactive mental health services for those who are incarcerated in jail, to reach out to those who do not or cannot ask for treatment in a correctional setting, and to enhance the county’s ability to decrease the number of missed diagnoses of truly ill individuals. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) will use its funds to hire two full-time correctional deputies for 2 years and subscribe to Correctional Mental Health Services, a subsidiary of Conmed Healthcare Management services. The two employees and the Mental Health Services program will create a more seamless net of mental health services in the county, giving inmates who are in custody and then released into the community a better chance at staying on their mental health programs and out of jail.

Contact Information: Tony Hyde, (503) 366-4600, jeff.dickerson@co.columbia.or.us

Program Legal Name: Crook County Community Juvenile Services Board (WY)

Federal Funding Amount: $437,792

Project Summary: The Crook County Community Juvenile Services Board (CCJSB) will receive $437,792 to reduce youth delinquency and status offenses, youth recidivism, and out-of-home placements, as well as create five new jobs in Crook County in the juvenile justice field. CCJSB will use its funds to create five new jobs and as a result reduce youth recidivism and make the targeted group of youth more employable. With the addition of youth service officers, the caseload for community correctional officers will be reduced, resulting in higher quality prevention and supervision activities.

Contact Information: Paul Brooks, (307) 283-2581, ernie@

Program Legal Name: Douglas, County of (OR)

Federal Funding Amount: $1,795,615

Project Summary: Douglas County will receive $1,795,615 to reduce chronic recidivism by 1) identifying youth who are most likely to reoffend, and 2) using effective intervention strategies with those youth. Those identified as at-risk will receive reinforcement of prosocial skills, cognitive behavioral interventions, and other skill-based learning. Youth with mental health issues will receive expedited assessment and services from a mental health therapist and substance abuse counselor. Those with medium-to-high Juvenile Crime Prevention Risk scores will receive increased supervision and accountability for delinquent behaviors and individualized intervention services in the community. The Douglas County Juvenile Department (DCJC) will use its funds to hire 1) substance abuse counselors; 2) mental health therapists; and 3) juvenile service specialists. The counselors and therapists will provide service to youth in the Intensive Intervention Program (IIP); assessing and treating the IIP youth, one working with youth in the detention facility and the other with youth and families in the community. These services will ensure that youth are being assessed and receiving treatment in an expedited manner. The juvenile service specialists will provide coverage in the detention facility, essential services to youth in the facility, which were previously lost due to budget constraints.

Contact Information: Doug Robertson, (541) 957-4755, dlschvan@co.douglas.or.us

Program Legal Name: First Judicial District Department of Correctional Services (IA)

Federal Funding Amount: $735,286

Project Summary: The First Judicial District Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will receive $735,286 to 1) create jobs in northeast Iowa; 2) expand treatment options for correctional clients with mental illness or substance abuse problems; and 3) build the capacity of local community corrections. DCS will hire community corrections and treatment service staff to improve the identification of mentally ill and substance-addicted correctional clients and help them access appropriate treatment. DCS will use its funds to 1) screen jail inmates and correctional clients for mental health and substance abuse conditions; 2) coordinate support services with area agencies; and 3) offer additional services that encourage positive change in offender behavior. Collaborating with an array of public and private organizations in the seven-county project area, DCS will work toward increased cooperation, education, and success for all entities involved. The focus of this project is to decrease local criminal activity by quickly identifying the needs of mentally ill and substance-addicted offenders and providing them the support they need to turn their lives around.

Contact Information: Karen Herkelman, (319) 236-9626 x1277, karen.herkelman@doc.state.ia.us

Program Legal Name: Gila, County of (AZ)

Federal Funding Amount: $271,360

Project Summary: Gila County will receive $271,360 to reduce the county jail population and establish a pretrial release and supervision program for eligible felony offenders—that is, first-time offenders with substance abuse or mental health disorders. Local studies indicate this population is the least likely to be released on its own recognizance or to post bond. The Gila County Superior Court Probation Department (SCPD) will use its funds to hire two probation officers and provide necessary early intervention and treatment for accused inmates who are eligible for release and need substance abuse or mental health treatment. For screening, SCPD will adopt the Virginia Department of Justice Services Pre-Trial Release Risk Instrument (developed in 1999 and validated in 2003), statistically valid across gender, race, and economic lines, and most importantly, for both rural and urban populations. Other instruments SCPD examined did not demonstrate valid results across these geographic populations.

Contact Information: Shirley Dawson, (928) 425-7971 x38, rgarcia3@courts.

Program Legal Name: Harrison County Sheriff’s Office (OH)

Federal Funding Amount: $308,059

Project Summary: Harrison County will receive $308,059 to expand the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) jail operations from a 12-day misdemeanor facility to a full-service jail. The county will use its funds to hire three corrections officers, train selected corrections officers, and expand jail operations by hiring the identified staff. Reducing the number of prisoner transports will allow patrol deputies to carry out more criminal patrols, investigations, and other assigned duties, enhancing county safety. The financial rewards realized by housing prisoners in county, reducing the number of prisoner transports, and generating revenue by housing other county’s prisoners will pay for the retention of the current administrator and other positions. This program will also benefit the local judicial system.

Contact Information: Ronald Myers, (740) 942-2197, sheriff1@

Program Legal Name: Kanabec County Treasure (MN)

Federal Funding Amount: $859,142

Project Summary: Kanabec County will receive $859,142 to enable the county to 1) hire and train staff to open the new county jail by January 1, 2010, and 2) reduce the budget, increase the revenue by ensuring surrounding counties house their inmates, and open up 96 beds by 2012 by hiring seven additional staff. The Kanabec County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) will use its funds to hire one jail sergeant/reintegration advocate, who will 1) meet with inmates; 2) coordinate appointments with the jail nurse; 3) introduce inmates to KCSO programming, for instance, AA, NA, and Pilot Outreach; and 4) work closely with partner organizations, such as Family Services, Mental Health Services, and the Lakes and Pines Community Action Council on inmate release plans. The funding will also enable KCSO to hire seven corrections officers to help staff the new jail.

Contact Information: Kathi Ellis, (320) 679-6444, steve.schulz@co.kanabec.mn.us

Program Legal Name: Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multi-County Jail Authority (ME)

Federal Funding Amount: $501,019

Project Summary: Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties will receive $501,019 to reduce the number of pretrial inmates, the risk of recidivism and redundancies, and also provide a better cost-benefit ratio for taxpayers. The Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multi-County Jail Authority (LSMJA) will use its funds to launch a pilot risk assessment tool and provide case management and supervision. The counties will hire and train six pretrial case managers, who screen all in-custody pretrial inmates in the three counties using the new risk assessment tool, submit findings to courts for hearings/amendments for release, and supervise those inmates that are released pursuant to hearings/amendments. The result will be 1) the reduction of the number of pretrial inmates languishing in county jails; 2) improved efficiencies for District Attorneys and courts to expedite the release process; 3) a decrease in taxpayers’ dollars that support incarceration and reduce the risk of recidivism; and 4) a reduction in law enforcements efforts to maintain control in overcrowded jails.

Contact Information: Mark Westrum, (207) 882-2601, mwestrum@

Program Legal Name: Montana Department of Corrections (MT)

Federal Funding Amount: $924,996

Project Summary: The Montana Department of Corrections (MDOC) will receive $924,996 to decrease the disparity between the American Indian offender recidivism rate and that of the general population. MDOC will use its funds to 1) hire and place eight specialized community corrections probation and parole officers (five cultural specialists and three co-occurring disorder specialists); 2) provide targeted training in conjunction with MDOC’s American Indian liaison and Behavioral Health Program facilitator, the Governor’s office, the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, and tribal leaders; 3) expand partnerships with community stakeholders, including healthcare providers, tribal leaders and mentors, employers, advocates, institutional corrections probation and parole officers, local law enforcement, and the state fusion center; and 4) expand mechanized offender assessment and data collection.

Contact Information: Mike Ferriter, (406) 444-4913, miferriter@

Program Legal Name: Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Office (LA)

Federal Funding Amount: $929,994

Project Summary: The Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Office (MPSO) will receive $929,994 to enhance county jail operations by 1) creating and preserving correctional officer positions, and 2) implementing better training for correctional officers. As a result of the training, MPSO anticipates fewer conflicts between correctional officers and inmates, especially mentally ill inmates. MPSO will use its funds to 1) hire five new correctional officers, retain another 10 officers scheduled to be eliminated, and promote economic recovery by ensuring properly trained correctional officers are employed within its facilities; 2) pay for staff training in the screening, assessment, and supervision of inmates, especially those with mental illness; and 3) meet minimum requirements set forth by the Louisiana Department of Corrections (LDOC) regarding correctional officer certification. MPSO will be allowed to continue housing LDOC inmates; this housing revenue will fund all 15 correctional officers.

Contact Information: Mike Tubbs, (318) 281-4141, acrawls@

Category IV: Facilitating Rural Justice Information Sharing

Program Legal Name: Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (AL)

Federal Funding Amount: $1,883,320

Project Summary: The Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) will receive $1,883,320 to expand information sharing to at least 100 additional rural jurisdictions through the adoption of Mobile Officer Virtual Environment (MOVE) and the major information sharing components that it supports. The project will enable ACJIC to efficiently produce shared data and make field officers more productive. Alabama will use its funds to 1) install MOVE hardware and software in 100 rural law enforcement agencies and 2) hire help desk personnel, and IT personnel to support MOVE promotion, installation, and training. The products that will be generated by this project will have a dramatic impact on two major aspects of national criminal justice policy and practice: 1) rural information sharing and 2) criminal apprehension. This will give rural law enforcement the same tools that are being used in urban areas and by the state.

Contact Information: Maury Mitchell, (334) 517-2416, maury.mitchell@

Program Legal Name: Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (AL)

Federal Funding Amount: $1,464,323

Project Summary: The Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) will receive $1,464,323 to provide the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) access to up to 352 agencies in 49 counties in Alabama. The objective is to help rural law enforcement agencies 1) combat crime and illegal drugs, 2) purchase information technology, 3) decrease the time and resources they expend running NCIC queries on persons and property, and 4) decrease the cost of accessing NCIC. ACJIC will use its funds to deploy the necessary hardware and software to 352 rural agencies to provide them NCIC access, hire a crime information agent at ACJIC for 24 months, who will provide services to all criminal justice agencies in eight rural counties, and fund 50 percent of the salary and benefits for one full-time ACJIC employee who will be responsible for project oversight. This project will have a dramatic impact on rural information sharing and criminal apprehension. NCIC access will give rural law enforcement the same valuable tools available in urban areas.

Contact Information: Maury Mitchell, (334) 517-2400, maury.mitchell@

Program Legal Name: Duval, County of (TX)

Federal Funding Amount: $796,200

Project Summary: Duval County, Texas, in conjunction with the Duval County Sheriff's Department (DCSO), will receive $796,200 to enable DCSO to use an Integrated Law Enforcement Records Management System (LERMS), reduce crime and increase arrests using the enhanced LERMS and data sharing ability, and Increase coordination with neighboring counties and federal jurisdictions. The county will use its funds to purchase and install an Integrated Law Enforcement Records Management System (LERMS) that links each law enforcement jurisdiction (and vehicles via mobile computers) in the county to a common database within the LERMS allowing officers in each jurisdiction to be dispatched from a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) position that is a component of the LERMS and is seamlessly linked to the incident management software and the jail management software and is interfaced to N-Dex, T-Dex, VINES, TLETS, and other regional and national data sharing sites. The funds will also be used to reduce crime and increase arrests using the enhanced LERMS and data sharing ability, and increase coordination with neighboring counties and federal jurisdictions via electronic means using enhanced data integration to reduce trafficking of undocumented immigrants and illegal controlled substances through the county.

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Program Legal Name: Lincoln, County of (ME)

Federal Funding Amount: $412,655

Project Summary: Lincoln County, Maine, will receive $412,655 to 1) increase the flow of law enforcement information across jurisdictions throughout Maine, increasing the ability of law enforcement agencies to combat crime and drugs; 2) assist in Maine’s economic recovery; and 3) save taxpayer dollars by streamlining the function of law enforcement officers. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department (LCSD) will use its funds to create a statewide Rural Intelligence Information Sharing Team (RIIST). LCSD will be able to 1) retain an existing crime analyst;

2) hire an additional full-time crime analyst, who will expand the intelligence bulletin statewide, better serving northern Maine; and hire a part-time assistant crime analyst, who will support RIIST’s work.

Contact Information: John O'Connell, (207) 882-6576 x126, kmason@co.lincoln.me.us

Program Legal Name: Lummi Nation (WA)

Federal Funding Amount: $455,548

Project Summary: The Lummi Nation, Washington State, in conjunction with the Lummi Indian Business Council, will receive $455,548 to provide the Lummi Nation Police Department (LNPD) with a next-generation integrated Incident-Based Report software system. The purpose of this software is to preserve data integrity, enhance departmental efficiency, allow sharing and accessing of critical data from one centralized database, integrate with other tribal, regional, county and municipal Systems, and facilitate greater collaboration with area law enforcement agencies. The Lummi Nation will use its funds to implement Longarm, a next-generation integrated Incident Based Report software system. The funds will also be used to hire a sex offender registration technician/detective (SORTD) and a data crime analyst (DCA). The SORTD will investigate sex offender-related crimes, maintain records on all rated sex offenders, ensure offenders are in compliance with state and tribal mandates, be responsible for technical aspects of evidence gathering, protection, and handling, and provide community education regarding sex offender awareness. The DCA be responsible for strategic criminal intelligence analysis, technical crime analysis and reporting, date collection, research and reporting of crime trends using information from criminal justice system and community agencies, participate in collection of information regarding criminally involved individuals, organized crime, terrorist groups and threats to public officials or residents, maintaining LNPD computer equipment, and providing recommendations for new technology as needed.

Contact Information: Henry Cagey, (360) 384-2353, troyg@lummi-

Program Legal Name: Menomonie, City of (WI)

Federal Funding Amount: $2,305,525

Project Summary: The City of Menomonie, Wisconsin, in conjunction with the Menomonie Police Department (MPD), will receive $2,305,525 to implement a countywide information and intelligence database. Menomonie and the surrounding counties lack a central criminal justice information database. MPD will use project funding to implement a countywide information and intelligence database, accessible by multiple local law enforcement agencies. This database will allow MPD and other local agencies to better combat and prevent local crime. MPD also will hire Information Technology staff to implement and maintain the database.

Contact Information: Lowell Prange, (715) 232-2187, lprange@menomonie-

Category V: Training and Technical Assistance

Program Legal Name: Strategic Applications for Society (VA)

Federal Funding Amount: $2,200,000

Project Summary: Strategic Applications for Society (SAS) will receive a $2.2 million grant to address the unique challenges of rural jurisdictions with the goals of 1) interdicting illegal drugs and drug manufacturing and distribution networks in collaboration with federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies; 2) leveraging other enforcement efforts, such as homeland security, traffic safety, drug recognition, human trafficking, and border control in jurisdictions with limited resources; 3) providing access to effective prevention, treatment, and recovery services; 4) combating cybercrime and illicit Internet prescription drug purchases; 5) developing and implementing gang reduction strategies related to drug trafficking in rural areas. SAS will use its funds to conduct onsite rural state assessments in ten states; host a National Rural Methamphetamine Summit to mobilize and equip rural states with best practices and intelligence-led policing approaches; develop and implement state-specific action plans by hiring state coordinators to oversee the process and provide expert training and technical assistance; and develop the Methpedia web site clearinghouse, webinars, and podcasts.

Contact Information: Colleen Copple, (202) 330-9563, ccopple@sai-

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