Arizona Law Enforcement Agencies Receive Over $1.3 Million in Federal Grant Funds to Support Body-Worn Camera Program

     PHOENIX – Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that $1,333,998 in federal grant funds have been awarded to four Arizona law enforcement agencies to support the use of body-worn cameras by patrol officers.  Such cameras are intended to enhance public and officer safety and improve police-community relations.  The four recipient agencies are the Phoenix Police Department (grant 2015-WY-BX-0004), the City of Peoria (grant 2015-DE-BX-K020), the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (grant 2015-DE-BX-K052), and the City of Glendale (grant 2015-DE-BX-K060).  Additionally, the Phoenix Police Department received a separate federal grant of $392,842 (grant 2015-MC-FX-K027) to support its work on the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (“AZ ICAC”).

            These grant funds were awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (“BJA”) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (“OJJDP”), which are components of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (“OJP”).

Information on BJA specific: https://www.bja.gov/Programs/VRN.html

Information on OJJDP specific: http://www.ojjdp.gov/about/about.html

Information about OJP and its programs can be found at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov.

For additional information about the BWC Pilot Implementation Program, visit

 http://www.bja.gov/bwc/pdfs/BWCPIP-Award-Fact-Sheet.pdf

RELEASE NUMBER:   2015-087_BODY_WORN_CAMERAS

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