Attorney Prim F. Escalona | U.S. Department of Justice
The Department of Justice has allocated $7,256,829 to support law enforcement technology and community-policing initiatives across north Alabama. This funding comes from the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office and Bureau of Justice Assistance.
United States Attorney Prim F. Escalona expressed gratitude for this support, stating, “Local law enforcement agencies and officers are the day-to-day superheroes in our communities who keep us safe.”
The grants were distributed through several programs:
- The National Association of School Resource Officers received $200,000 for officer training.
- Jacksonville was awarded $125,000 to hire an additional officer.
- Pell City was granted $219,850 for two new officers.
Additional allocations include:
- Hartselle: $25,000
- Winston County Board of Education: $499,598
- Cullman County District Attorney’s Office: $110,000 for technology improvements and a vehicle
- Fort Payne: $670,000 for communication systems
- Jackson County Commission: $250,000 for patrol vehicles
- Jacksonville State University: $656,000 for campus security
- Limestone County Commission: $425,000 for courthouse surveillance
- Madison County Commission: $195,000 for jail surveillance
- Moody: $245,000 for emergency communications
- Oxford: $185,000 to enhance crime-fighting resources
- Pell City received an additional grant of $612,000
- Pickens County Emergency 911 Board received the largest grant with $1.805 million
- St. Clair County was awarded with a substantial amount of 1.2 million dollars
Other grants included body-worn camera funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance:
-Blount County Commission received approximately thirty thousand dollars while Montevallo obtained four thousand three hundred eighty-five dollars.
Complete lists of FY 2024 COPS awards can be found on their respective websites.
