Gov. Greg Abbott announced this week that his Public Safety Office (PSO) will administer more than $528 million in grant funding for a variety of public safety programs and services in Texas.
That includes $4.8 million in 65 awards for peace officer body-worn cameras.
Other funding that may touch technology includes $958,000 to Internet crimes against children taskforces, which can be used for “training and technical assistance,” and $16.1 million for justice assistance, which may include “information systems for criminal justice purposes.”
The bulk of the funding, a combination of state and federal monies, goes to victim services, anti-human trafficking efforts, border security and law enforcement support. The PSO posts funding opportunity announcements containing program purposes, a description of allowable activities, timelines and other requirements on the Office of the Governor’s eGrants website.
The programming is administered in coordination with state-level and regional partner agencies, including the 24 regional councils of government and the urban area working groups in Austin, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Houston and San Antonio.
