Some funds will be used for technical spending, such as $16.5 million for the Office of the Attorney General. The office plans to use funds to help reduce property crime; for this, a portion may be used for specialized software and training for court and correctional personnel.
Here are four large awards listed at the awards dashboard:
- The Department of Public Safety, $7.5 million, toward its modernization of computerized criminal history data
- The city of Dallas, $1.3 million, a portion to be used for information systems, surveillance and in-car video
- The Lubbock County Joint Enforcement Initiative, $228,709, to continue member departments’ tech modernization
- The cities of Killeen and Temple and Bell County, $92,057, toward establishing a real-time crime center and other items
The awards dashboard for Texas lists awards given through Oct. 18; these are inclusive of multiple grant programs and include municipalities’ detailed grant proposals.
