WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced that the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded Maine two grants totaling $31,239.
“We are pleased to see additional federal support for Maine in its ongoing law enforcement efforts,” Senators Snowe and Collins said in a joint statement. “This funding will facilitate important readiness preparations and traffic control measures in Penobscot County and South Portland.”
The funding is distributed as follows:
• $18,690 to the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office and City of Bangor to equip, train, and maintain the necessary high-level of readiness of their respective Special Response Teams
• $12,549 to the City of South Portland for traffic control, driver education, and enforcement of safe speed limits
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) allows states, tribes, and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own local needs and conditions. Grant funds can be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and information systems for criminal justice for any one or more of the following purpose areas: (1) law enforcement programs, (2) prosecution and court programs, (3) prevention and education programs, (4) corrections and community corrections programs, (5) drug treatment programs, and (6) planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs.
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