PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release – June 23, 2022
Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Announces FY2022 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Local Award of $693,444 OAKLAND — The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) is pleased to announce the Alameda County Consortium, a ten-member grouping including Alameda County and the nine Alameda County cities of Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Oakland, San Leandro, and Union City, have been awarded $693,444 in FY2022 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funding through the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ).
The JAG program continues to be a leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions, helping to fill gaps in state, local, and tribal criminal justice systems.
JAG funding supports a range of program areas, including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, and mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams.
Alameda County and various federally qualifying cities in Alameda County have been successfully receiving annual JAG funding since the program’s inception in 2004.
Contact: Sheriff’s Grant Development Specialist Harry Bruno // [email protected] or ACSO’s Public Information Officer (PIO) Lieutenant Ray Kelly // [email protected].