BUFFALO, NY – The Department of Justice today announced that
it has awarded more than $376,000,000 in grant funding to enhance state, local
and tribal law enforcement operations and reinforce public safety efforts in
jurisdictions across the United States. $9,780,780 will support public safety
activities in and around the Western District of New York. The awards were made
by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs.
“One of the top priorities of my Office is enhancing the
collaborative relationship we have with all levels of law enforcement,
including local, state, and federal, as well as our community partners,” stated
James P. Kennedy, Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of New
York. “When investigative agencies at all levels are equipped with the tools
they need to conduct the most thorough and comprehensive investigations, that
leads to the most effective prosecutions. And when our community partners are
properly funded, they too play a vital role in making our community safer.
These public safety grants will do just that, give our law enforcement and
community partners what they need to get the job done.”
“Crime and violence hold families, friends and neighborhoods
hostage, and they rip communities apart,” said OJP Principal Deputy Assistant
Attorney General Katharine T. Sullivan. “These programs help restore the health
and safety of crime-ravaged communities by supporting prevention activities,
aiding in the apprehension and prosecution of perpetrators, facilitating
appropriate sentencing and adjudication, and providing communities and their
residents the means for recovery and healing.”
The Western District of New York recipients include:
· The New York
State Division of Criminal Justice Services, which will receive $8,576,883 to
allow New York State and local governments within the State to support a broad
range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own state and
local needs and conditions;
· The Rochester
Police Department Victim and Family Services and Monroe County Probation
NightWatch, which will receive $163,554;
· The City of
Niagara Falls, which will receive $44,114, for Community Liaison and
Interoperable Handheld Radios;
· The City of
Jamestown, which will receive $17,460 for the purchase of a Mobile Speed
Trailer and Alco-Sensor;
· The City of
Buffalo, Erie County, and Town of Cheektowaga, which will receive $236,151 for
collaborative crime fighting efforts;
· The
Livingston County Sheriff’s Office Victim Specialist Program, which will
receive $267,618; and
· The Cayuga
County Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems and Adolescent Sex Offender program,
which will be receiving $475,000.
The awards announced today support an array of
crime-fighting initiatives, including the quarter-billion-dollar Edward Byrne
Justice Assistance Grants Program, which funds public safety efforts in 929
state, local and tribal jurisdictions. Funding also supports sex offender
registration and notification, law enforcement-based victim services, the
testing of sexual assault kits, and programs designed to address youth with
sexual behavioral problems. Other awards will focus on wrongful convictions,
intellectual property enforcement, innovative prosecution strategies and the
safety and effectiveness of corrections systems.
