BJA FY 22 Body-worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The purpose of the FY 2022 Body-worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies (BWCPIP-LEA) is to fund the purchase of body-worn cameras (BWCs) that are implemented as part of comprehensive BWC programs implemented in publicly funded law enforcement...

Eligible agencies include law enforcement agencies, correctional agencies that perform law enforcement functions, prosecutors’ offices, and state or regional consortia that support such agencies, including state administrating agencies (SAAs). Eligibility is restricted to agencies that are publicly funded. State and regional consortia are eligible to apply, provided they are considered a public agency. “Public agency" means “any State, unit of local government, combination of such States or units, or any department, agency, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing”; as defined in 34 U.S.C. 10251(a)(6).    Private law enforcement agencies and private correctional agencies are not eligible for funding.   Category 1 applicants must be publicly funded law enforcement agencies that operate under governmental authorities or special jurisdiction. Eligible agencies include state, local, tribal, public university or college, park, and transportation authority police. Prosecutors’ offices operating at a municipal, county, or state level are eligible to apply. Privately funded law enforcement agencies are not eligible to apply.   Category 2 applicants must be publicly funded state or territory correctional agencies,  provided they perform law enforcement functions as part of regular duties that are supported by public funding. Private correctional agencies are not eligible to apply.   Category 3 applicants must meet the same provisions described for Category 1.   Category 4 applicants must be publicly funded prosecutors’ offices operating at a municipal, county, or state level.   Category 5 applicants must meet the same provisions described for Category 1.   See Eligibility section

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