Justice Assistance Grants
Description
Thanks to funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, police departments in 17 cities in Hennepin County will soon have new tools to help them take a bite out of crime in our communities. Hennepin administers the Justice Assistance Grant program on behalf of the participating awarded jurisdictions.
Minneapolis and suburban police departments will use $5.7 million in Justice Assistance Grants to support crime-fighting activities ranging from putting additional officers on the street, to replacing and upgrading squad cars, to funding youth diversion officers and community liaisons. Justice Assistance Grant funds are allocated according to a formula based on population and crime statistics. The following cities will receive grant funds:
Bloomington: $185,284 for commander, sergeant and officer overtime for neighborhood, business, and youth initiatives.
Brooklyn Center: $229,771 for police officer overtime for summer suppression detail, squad car modifications, vehicle acquisition and setup, vehicle leases, computer equipment and software purchase.
Brooklyn Park: $423,769 for salary for reception staff; community liaison specialist; part-time cadets; books, school supplies, uniforms and equipment for two years; tuition reimbursement; furniture; equipment; maintenance; janitorial service for the Village Creek station for 2010 and 2011.
Champlin: $23,849 to replace a squad car.
Crystal: $57,329 for DVR/audio recording system, in-squad mobile data computers, handguns, ballistic shield.
Eden Prairie: $71,087 for officer for youth diversion, park rangers, counteract curriculum for fifth-grade students, mobile forensics hardware, robot camera system.
Edina: $36,690 for police officer overtime to increase patrols at Southdale.
Golden Valley: $54,117 for bike/foot patrol overtime, homicide cold-case overtime, purchase of security alarm used in conjunction with local businesses, electronic roll-call technology, portable GPS mapping system, GPS tracking devices, patrol bat ballistic shield, computers for emergency operations control, SWAT truck graphics and SWAT truck interior compartment package.
Hopkins: $39,900 for digital audio video recording system for interview rooms, digital audio video recording system for squad cars.
Maple Grove: $67,876 for Smartboard symposium system and accessories, computers and related equipment, portable evidence printer, automated license- plate recognition system, bait car tracker kit, officer training.
Minneapolis: $3.8 million to maintain 87 police officers from July through December.
Minnetonka: $46,321 for GPS tracking unit, surveillance system, tasers, signal laser, flashlights, alarm system, bicycles.
New Hope: $56,411 for access control system, Toughbook, terabyte hard drive, panic alarm button for council chambers.
Plymouth: $69,252 for special investigative unit overtime, officer training, police officer scheduling software, speed detection laser, speed and crosswalk enforcement overtime.
Richfield: $171,525 for SWAT vehicle, shotguns, laser radar units, narcotic detection dog, evidence scanner for property room, Apple MacBook laptop, computer forensic software, surveillance equipment, performance tracking software, security alarm, radar units, ballistic helmets, flash bang pole, camera pole, night vision binoculars, training room audiovisual equipment, updating bullet trap system at firearms range, command vehicle conversion.
Robbinsdale: $50,907 for retention of one police officer.
St. Louis Park: $107,777 for three school liaison officers.
Funding
$5,763,414
