[StBernard] Landrieu Announces $21 Million in Criminal Justice Funding for Louisiana

[Westley Annis]

Landrieu Announces $21 Million in Criminal Justice Funding for Louisiana

Funding is in addition to $25 million Sen. Landrieu secured for Louisiana in
the recent Emergency Supplemental spending bill.

WASHINGTON - United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today announced
$21 million in criminal justice funding for Louisiana. In the aftermath of
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, South Louisiana has been suffering from a
severe violent crime wave, and Sen. Landrieu has called for a federal
infusion to stem crime. This funding comes on top of $25 million Sen.
Landrieu secured for Louisiana in the Emergency Supplemental spending bill
that was signed into law in May. 

"South Louisiana is suffering from a brutal crime waive that is severely
inhibiting our recovery," Sen. Landrieu said. "You cannot open the newspaper
or turn on the TV in this city without facing chilling news of violent
crime."

"Simply put, we need more resources to combat crime, and today we received
the great news that Louisiana will receive $21 to bolster the criminal
justice system and ensure the safety of our communities, which will
jumpstart our recovery. 

Louisiana will receive $15 million through three different COPS programs.
The COPS Secure Our Schools program provides funds to municipalities for
school safety. The 2007 COPS Technology Program provides funding to law
enforcement agencies for technology that focuses on data information-sharing
and an enhancement of voice interoperability with regional, state and
federal partners. The 2007 COPS Meth Initiative provides funding to law
enforcement to combat methamphetamine production and distribution.

"All of the elements of this announcement are good news, but the $13.5
million to support Louisiana first responder communications is particularly
vital," Sen. Landrieu said.  "As anyone who lived through Katrina and Rita
knows, it was the failure of the communication system that aggravated so
much human suffering.  With these funds, the we will be able to take the
next steps to establish a rugged, secure and interoperable communications
system to serve us through natural and man-made crises."

Louisiana will receive:

$15 million in COPS Funding

 

Name

Amount

Purpose

 

Secure Our Schools Program (SOS)

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Department

$75,478

 

To expand security at 26 public schools in the Tangipahoa Parish Public
School District designated as having concentrations of students with
documented risk factors.

 

COPS Technology Program (TECH)

New Orleans

$5,998,407

To implement an effective voice and data communications system to be shared
among law enforcement and other first responders across parish and
jurisdictional boundaries.  

Shreveport

$3,000,000

 

To provide complete interoperability between the 25 public safety agencies
in Caddo Parish, Louisiana through the implementation of a
multi-disciplinary, multi-jurisdictional data communications project. 

Louisiana State Police

$4,499,919

To expand statewide interoperable communications in coordination with the
Louisiana Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC).

 

COPS Methamphetamine Initiative (METH)

Ascension Parish

$450,000

To reduce methamphetamine use and distribution in Ascension Parish and the
23rd Judicial District through the implementation of an ongoing,
research-based marketing campaign. 

Ouachita Parish

$354,900

To reduce methamphetamine use in Ouachita Parish through evidence-based
prevention, education, enhanced intervention, treatment, and innovative
approaches to enforcement of offender accountability.  

Tangipahoa Parish

$450,000

To combat and reduce the use, distribution and production of methamphetamine
in the Tri-Parish area in southeast Louisiana.

Union Parish

$187,299

To form a multi-agency task force to combat the production, use, and
distribution of methamphetamine throughout Union Parish. 

 

$3.8 million for Office of Justice Funding

Name

Amount

City of New Orleans

$433,381

New Orleans Police Foundation

$231,467

New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation

$144,129

Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice

$151,989

Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government

$43,847

Lincoln Parish

$12,478

St. Charles Parish Sheriff

$23,440

City of West Monroe

$11,234

City of Slidell

$19,786

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department

$96,713

Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office

$44,197

East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office

$16,248

Jefferson Davis Sheriff's Office

$13,255

St. James Parish Sheriff's Office

$18,036

East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office

$388,756

City of Bossier City

$130,765

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

$47,579

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Department

$94,070

Natchitoches Parish Sheriff

$16,987

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office

$13,722

City of Opelousas

$13,488

Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office

$37,589

Rapides Parish Sheriff

$146,780

Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office

$146,391

City of Natchitoches

$23,051

West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office

$11,700

Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office

$29,931

Iberia Parish Sheriff Department

$21,379

Parish of Vernon

$10,923

Ouachita Parish

$122,718

Lafourche Parish Sheriff

$20,136

City of Gretna

$18,464

Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office

$19,591

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Department

$18,114

City of Kenner

$33,196

City of Denham Springs

$16,909

City of Bogalusa

$16,637

City of Thibodaux

$11,584

City of Tallulah

$21,690

Louisiana State Police

$944,766

Louisiana State University; A&M College

$580,337

City of Baton Rouge; Parish of East Baton Rouge

$93,862

Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement

$253,005

Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement

$392,591

 

$2.4 million for the Office of Violence Against Women

 

Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans - $255,000, Transitional
Housing Assistance Program

 

City of West Monroe - $399,265, Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and
Enforcement of Protection Orders Program

 

Family Counseling Agency - $350,000, Enhanced Training and Services to End
Violence Against and Abuse of Women in Later Life

 

Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office - $213,612, Grants to Encourage Arrest and
Enforcement of Protection Orders Program

 

Lafourche Parish - $386,520, Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and Safe
Exchange Grant Program 

 

Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence - $83,045, State Sexual
Assault & Domestic Violence Program

 

Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement - $382,920, Grants to Encourage
Arrest and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program

 

Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault - $83,045, State Sexual Assault
& Domestic Violence Program

 

YWCA of Northwest Louisiana - $255,000, Transitional Housing Assistance
Program

 

 

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