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February 20, 2009
- The economic stimulus bill signed
by President Obama includes $4 billion for state and local law
enforcement programs. Including $2 billion for the Byrne Justice
Assistance Grant program.
Byrne JAG
funds the people who fight crime: drug task force officers, police
investigators, prosecutors, crime and forensic analysts, public
defenders, victims’ services counselors, among others.
Read details on the Stimulus bill on the
NCJA site -
http://www.ncja.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=JAG_in_the_Economic_Stimulus_Bill
- Listen to CSOSA radio broadcast
interview: The show features an interview with the National
Criminal Justice Association and members about President Barack
Obama’s Stimulus Package and the approximately four billion
dollars allocated to public safety agencies. Those interviewed
include Cabell Cropper, Executive Director, National Criminal
Justice Association, Kristen Mahoney, Executive Director or the
Maryland Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention and Pat
Dishman, Director of the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice
Programs.
http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/audio/?p=158
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