The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) seeks applications from law enforcement agencies to fund law enforcement technologies (LETECH) and applicable software/equipment – such as license plate readers, mobile and fixed surveillance cameras, unmanned aerial vehicles, gunshot detection devices, smart equipment for patrol vehicles and officers, technology or software and other kinds of public safety equipment – to help keep New Yorkers and law enforcement partners safe.
Donor Name: City of Menlo Park
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/08/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000,000
Details:
Throughout New York and the United States, law enforcement agencies and departments are increasingly relying on emerging technologies to perform their duties and to enhance public safety, as well as to collect potentially useful evidence.
LETECH also is proving to be an important tool to assist broader law enforcement, problem solving, and community engagement strategies within jurisdictions across the state and country.
This deployment of LETECH is intended to help prevent and solve crimes, particularly violent crimes by firearms, and serve as an integrated part of a law enforcement agency’s problems olving and community-engagement strategy, helping to increase public trust and communication.
Funding Information
Approximately $50,000,000 will be made available to support the law enforcement technology program. Funding under this program must supplement, not supplant, non-grant funds that would otherwise be available for expenditure on the programs proposed.
Eligible Items for Consideration
Law enforcement agencies and departments are increasingly relying on emerging technologies to perform their duties and to enhance public safety. In their daily work, law enforcement agencies are also using technology to reduce the risk of injury and bodily harm to officers and the public. Through this RFA, law enforcement agencies may indicate on the attached form their need for any of the following items:
- Surveillance Cameras (Mobile/Fixed)
- License Plate Readers (Mobile/Fixed)
- Acoustic Gunshot Detection Systems
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, also known as “drones”)
- 3-D Crime Scene Laser Scanner
- Handheld Scanners/Readers/Radios
- Software Applications, Development and Deployment
- Patrol Vehicle Equipment (PC/Tablet, Scanners, Printer, etc.)
- Body Worn Equipment (Cameras)
- Lighting Systems
- Other Equipment (specify)
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include local law enforcement agencies (e.g., police departments and sheriff’s offices) in jurisdictions in New York State outside of New York City.
- Funding requests must be submitted on the attached Law Enforcement Technology Application Form.
- Awardees must be current with the required submission to DCJS of their Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) or Incident-Based Reports (IBR).
- Awardees must have a State Financial Services (SFS) vendor ID registered with New York State or must have an SFS number by the time payment is issued.
For more information, visit DCJS.
