This bill would reauthorize and update the Project Safe Neighborhoods grant program. It updates definitions to include "crime analyst" and "law enforcement assistant." It allows grant funds to be used to hire crime analysts, pay overtime for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants, buy and use technology for violent crime reduction, and support multi-jurisdictional task forces. It extends the program's authorization through fiscal years 2026–2030. The Attorney General must send an annual report showing how areas spent funds, community outreach done, and counts and descriptions of violent crimes in each area for the prior year.
If your local area gets a Project Safe Neighborhoods grant, the money could pay for crime analysts, extra officer or prosecutor overtime, new technology for investigations, and work by task forces that span multiple jurisdictions. Your community should also get public information each year about how funds were spent, what outreach happened, and local violent crime counts and descriptions.
The bill changes the program authorization to cover fiscal years 2026 through 2030. It lists allowed uses of grant money (hiring crime analysts, overtime pay, technology, and task force support). There is no publicly available information on total funding amounts or specific budget numbers in the text provided.
The bill’s findings describe Project Safe Neighborhoods as a nationwide program started in 2001 that brings federal, state, local, Tribal law enforcement, prosecutors, and community leaders together. It highlights four components proponents say reduce violent crime: community engagement, prevention and intervention, focused enforcement, and accountability. The changes are framed as updating the program to support staffing, task forces, and technology.
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