The Coeur d’Alene Police Department is currently in the process of applying for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Local Solicitation for FY 2010.  The total allocation of this disparate grant with Kootenai County is $109,538 with $76,084 allocated to Coeur d’Alene Police Department.  The funds will be used to purchase updated radio equipment for the patrol vehicles to gain narrowband compliancy in accordance with federal mandates by 2013.  The use of narrowband frequencies will improve communications along with better interoperability communications with surrounding agencies and disciplines.  The details about this grant can be found at:  http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/10JAGLocalSol.pdf.

Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Funding

The Coeur d’Alene Police Department have submitted an application for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program Local Solicitation grant for fiscal year 2009. The Coeur d'Alene Police Department is eligible for $76,669 in federal money. The grant is under the Department of Justice. The Justice Department's mission is to assist state, local, and tribal efforts to prevent or reduce crime and violence. The notice came out on May 22, 2009 with the deadline being July 9, 2009.

Cd’A Police plan to use the allotted funds to aid in the “P25” (narrow band) compliance requirements for our agency. A federal mandate was put onto emergency services to change to a digital narrow band frequency to better aid in technology and interoperability with various jurisdictions and disciplines. The Police Department has been hard at work achieving this compliance and working closely with Kootenai County. However, with the change in frequencies comes a change in hardware and software needs. These costs have come up to about $500,000.

The Police Department and Kootenai County are using some other grant money for a partial funding of the program. This money could be used to further our compliance by allowing the purchase of up to 23 new portable radios for first responding officers.

There is no match to the grant.

For additional information on this grant, please contact Sergeant Bill Tilson at Cd’A PD at 769-2320.

 

 

The Coeur dAlene Police Department is currently submitting a joint Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) application on behalf of the Coeur d'Alene Police Department and Kootenai County Sheriff's Department to fund 2009 Law Enforcement Projects. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between the agencies to distribute the funds based upon the Federal guideline established. As a result of this agreement, $320,413 of the $468,556 grant funds available will be distributed to the Coeur d'Alene Police Department and $148,143 to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department.

The 2009 Justice Assistance Grant would provide funds that will be used for upgrades within both the Coeur dAlene Police Department and Kootenai County Sheriff's Department. Such equipment will include hardware/software equipment that would enhance current operations, thereby increasing the efficiency of law enforcement activities and improving public safety. Upgrade projects for Coeur d'Alene Police Department will include upgrades in the Patrol, Investigative and Records Divisions.  Projects for the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department will include the purchases to enhance the Operations Department and Jail Bureau.

 

State BYRNE – JAG Grant Application:

 

Intel Led Policing Project: The mission of this project is to optimize our ability to deter, remove, arrest and prosecute criminals involved in drugs, violence and other harmful activities.  We believe this can be achieved by improving our operational effectiveness through the use of Intelligence-Led Policing Practices (US Dept of Justice Policing Model). This project will be a comprehensive approach to both identifying, analyzing and intervening in criminal drug activity, gang activity and property crime activity, and improving community/law enforcement relations.

 

This project proposes adding two officers to work street level drug and gang cases and adding a second crime analyst to our Crime Analysis Unit.

 

We believe that if implemented, this program would have an impact on crime in Coeur d’Alene. In following with the elements of Intelligence-Led Policing, this project would:

·        Improve our intelligence operations by creating more fluid structures of collecting information (our analyst reviewing and analyzing weekly crime data) and moving intelligence to end users (our officers and networked law enforcement agencies) more quickly.

·        Integrate community policing (using crime mapping and COPS volunteer activities) and problem-solving (using targeted street level drug and gang operations) into intelligence operations (using Crime Analysis to facilitate drug and gang investigations and Intel gathering) to address conventional crime issues.

·        Engaging and collaboration with the community on all levels (using crime mapping, COPS Volunteer activities, and targeted Patrol activities).

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The proposed cost of this grant proposal will be $750,000 for three years which includes personnel costs, equipment and operating expenses. This grant application has been submitted and is pending approval.

 

 

Should any party have questions or public comment regarding this funding or any of the programs mentioned, please feel free to contact the Coeur dAlene Police Department at (208)769-2320.