Grant Details:
Application Due Date: TBA

Description: 

The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, Office of Program Development and Funding announces the availability of funding for the New York Police Department (NYPD) to enhance their ability to combat violent crime, drug abuse, gangs and the trafficking of illegal guns.

Gun, Gang and Drug Enforcement: Proposals under this priority should outline strategies for enhanced enforcement and/or target specific gangs, gun or drug trafficking groups or gun, gang and drug related crime in specific geographical target areas or neighborhoods. Funds can be used to support expanded investigation/enforcement initiatives. Program requirements include inter-agency coordination and collaboration involving federal, state and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies as applicable.

Information and Intelligence Development and Sharing: Accurate and timely information are key ingredients of effective law enforcement initiatives. Comprehensive, accurate and timely information is needed to identify, apprehend and successfully prosecute individual offenders as well as organized criminal groups. Available funds may be used to support a wide variety of program initiatives involving the application of advanced technology designed to facilitate the development and use of crime mapping systems, intelligence data bases, case management and tracking systems or to support the acquisition of technology and programs designed to facilitate the exchange and sharing of information among federal, state and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies.

Organization Information:
Organization: New York Division of Criminal Justice Services
Website: http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/

More Information:
http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/ofpa/pdfdocs/2009impacttoolsnycrfp.pdf