FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Department
of Justice
JANUARY 23, 2002?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????? Contact Lori McMahon, (202) 514-2007
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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES $70 MILLION IN
FUNDS
TO PROMOTE GUN VIOLENCE PROSECUTION
COLUMBIA, SC: Today
Attorney General John Ashcroft officially launched Project Safe Neighborhoods:
America?s Network Against Gun Violence (PSN).
He delivered a keynote address at the National Advocacy Center in
Columbia, South Carolina.? The first
ever PSN conference, dedicated exclusively to the implementation of the Bush
Administration?s strategy to fight gun violence, brought together nearly 300
federal, state and local prosecutors, police chiefs and federal agents from
every state in America.? The conference
follows on the heels of the President and Attorney General?s promise, last May
in Philadelphia, PA, to launch a national offensive on gun violence?
?Project Safe Neighborhoods is a new national strategy that will get
gun wielding criminals off our streets and out of our neighborhoods,? the
Attorney General said.? ?These new
federal, state and local prosecutors will ensure that our gun laws are
vigorously enforced so that our citizens will be protected from gun violence.?
Attorney General Ashcroft announced that nearly $70 million in Justice
Department grant funding will go to state and local prosecutors? offices across
the nation to hire additional prosecutors dedicated to processing gun violence
cases.? These funds represent the
initial phase of the Community Gun Violence Prosecution Program (GVP), an
unprecedented prosecutorial hiring program that will add over 580 new
prosecutors to state and local courtrooms across the nation.? Under the first phase of this grant program,
which is administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of
Justice Programs (OJP), over $36 million in funding is being awarded to154
state and local prosecutors? offices to hire 309 new prosecutors.? Additional awards, making up the balance of
the $70 million, are expected to be announced in April.
In addition to 580 new state and local prosecutors, Attorney General
Ashcroft announced that the Justice Department will hire 94 new Assistant
United States Attorneys this year to combat gun crime.? This announcement is in addition to the 113
new gun prosecutors hired at the end of 2001.
As a result, 207 new federal prosecutors will be on the front lines in
support of the PSN initiative.
Project Safe Neighborhoods is a comprehensive, strategic approach to
reducing gun violence in America.? The
Administration is committing $533 million to this effort over two years.? In addition to hiring new prosecutors, the
funds will be used to support investigators, provide training and develop
community outreach efforts that will promote and improve public safety.
A list of initial GVP awards is below.
Additional information can be found on two Web sites: http://www.projectsafeneighborhoods.com/
and http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/html/cgvpp.htm.
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OJP02067
GUN VIOLENCE
PROSECUTION GRANT RECIPIENTS
AWARDEE |
LOCATION |
PROSECUTORS |
AWAWARDARD |
Alabama Nineteenth Circuit District Attorney Office |
Wetumpka, AL |
1 |
$96,000 |
County of Madison |
Huntsville, AL |
1 |
$98,907 |
Alabama Office of The District Attorney Fourth Judicial
Circuit?? |
Selma, AL |
2 |
$239,910 |
Alabama Office of the District Attorney, 33rd Judicial Circuit |
Ozark, AL |
1 |
$120,000 |
Alabama Attorney General's Office |
Montgomery, AL |
3 |
$360,000 |
Twenty Second Judicial District |
Benton, AR |
1 |
$116,800 |
Eighteenth Judicial District East |
Hot Springs, AR |
1 |
$120,000 |
Thirteenth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney |
Camden, AR |
1 |
$120,000 |
Yuma County Attorney |
Yuma, AZ |
2 |
$240,000 |
Gila County |
Globe, AZ |
1 |
$120,000 |
Mohave County |
Kingman, AZ |
1 |
$120,000 |
Pima County Attorney's Office |
Tucson, AZ |
4 |
$462,720 |
Yavapai County Attorney |
Prescott, AZ |
2 |
$239,112 |
Maricopa County Attorney's Office |
Prescott, AZ |
4 |
$480,000 |
County of Placer? |
Auburn, CA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office |
Los Angeles, CA |
4 |
$480,000 |
Mendocino County District Attorney's Office |
Ukiah, CA |
1 |
$120,000 |
City of Los Angeles |
Los Angeles, CA |
4 |
$480,000 |
San Francisco District Attorney's Office |
San Francisco, CA |
3 |
$360,000 |
Madera County District Attorneys Office |
Madera, CA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Kern County District Attorney |
Bakersfield, CA |
4 |
$480,000 |
LEGAL NAME |
CITY, ST |
PROSECUTORS |
AWARD |
Colorado Fourth Judicial District |
Colorado Springs, CO |
1 |
$120,000 |
Denver District Attorney Office |
Denver, CO |
1 |
$120,000 |
Colorado 18th Judicial District - Office of the District
Attorney |
Englewood, CO |
1 |
$120,000 |
Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice |
Rocky Hill, CT |
1 |
$120,000 |
Delaware Department of Justice |
Wilmington, DE |
4 |
$480,000 |
Office of the State Attorney, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit |
Fort Pierce, FL |
4 |
$480,000 |
State Attorneys Office??????????????????????????? ???????????????????? |
West Palm Beach, FL |
4 |
$480,000 |
State Attorney's Office, Seventh Judicial Circuit |
Daytona Beach, FL |
4 |
$480,000 |
State Attorney's Office, Twentieth Judicial Circuit |
Fort Myers, FL |
4 |
$480,000 |
Florida Office of the State Attorney, 8th Judicial Circuit |
Gainesville, FL |
1 |
$120,000 |
Florida Office of the State Attorney |
Viera, FL |
2 |
$240,000 |
Florida Office of the State Attorney |
Live Oak, FL |
2 |
$235,888 |
Florida State Attorney's Office, 4th Judicial Circuit |
Jacksonville, FL |
4 |
$434,248 |
Dade County State Attorney's Office |
Miami, FL |
1 |
$96,000 |
Florida State Attorney's Office, 5th Judicial Circuit |
Ocala, FL |
4 |
$432,000 |
Coweta County District Attorney's Office |
Newnan, GA |
1 |
$118,220 |
Fulton County District Attorney's Office |
Atlanta, GA |
4 |
$480,000 |
DeKalb County District Attorney's Office |
Decatur, GA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Towaliga Judicial Circuit |
Jackson, GA |
1 |
$113,516 |
Houston County |
Warner Robins, GA |
1 |
$120,000 |
City of Atlanta |
Atlanta, GA |
4 |
$480,000 |
Southern Judicial Circuit |
Valdosta, GA |
1 |
$115,685 |
Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney |
Honolulu, HI |
1 |
$120,000 |
|
CITY, ST |
PROSECUTORS |
AWARD |
Hawaii County |
Hilo, HI |
2 |
$240,000 |
Black Hawk County |
Waterloo, IA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Sangamon County |
Springfield, IL |
1 |
$120,000 |
City of Chicago |
Chicago, IL |
1 |
$120,000 |
County of Kankakee |
Kankakee, IL |
1 |
$118,986 |
Office of the Kane County State's Attorney |
St. Charles, IL |
2 |
$240,000 |
Cook County Board of Commissioners |
Chicago, IL |
4 |
$480,000 |
< span
style='mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face";
color:black'>Champaign County |
Urbana, IL |
1 |
$120,000 |
Marion County |
Indianapolis, IN |
3 |
$360,000 |
Vanderburgh County |
Evansville, IN |
2 |
$240,000 |
Johnson County |
Franklin, IN |
1 |
$120,000 |
Office of the Commonwealth Attorney, 46th Judicial Circuit |
Brandenburg, KY |
1 |
$120,000 |
16th Judicial Circuit Commonwealth Attorney |
Covington, KY |
2 |
$236,000 |
Office of the Jefferson County Attorney |
Louisville, KY |
4 |
$480,000 |
Twenty Second Judicial Circuit |
Lexington, KY |
1 |
$107,785 |
Orleans Parish District Attorney |
New Orleans, LA |
4 |
$384,000 |
Louisiana 9th Judicial District Attorney |
Alexandria, LA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Hampden County District Attorney Office |
Springfield, MA |
4 |
$480,000 |
Plymouth County District Attorney's Office |
Brockton, MA |
2 |
$240,000 |
Anne Arundel County States Attorneys Office |
Annapolis, MD |
1 |
$120,000 |
St. Mary's County States Attorney |
Leonardtown, MD |
2 |
$240,000 |
Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office |
Baltimore, MD |
4 |
$480,000 |
Kennebec County |
Augusta, ME |
1 |
$96,000 |
|
CITY, ST |
PROSECUTORS |
AWARD |
Office of the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney |
Detroit, MI |
4 |
$480,000 |
County of Jackson |
Jackson, MI |
1 |
$110,954 |
Genesee County Prosecutor's Office |
Flint, MI |
4 |
$480,000 |
Kalamazoo County |
Kalamazoo, MI |
2 |
$240,000 |
Muskegon County |
Muskegon, MI |
1 |
$96,000 |
Ingham County- Ingham County Prosecutors Office |
Lansing, MI |
1 |
$120,000 |
Michigan Department of the Attorney General |
Lansing, MI |
1 |
$120,000 |
Bay County |
Bay City, MI |
1 |
$120,000 |
Ramsey County Attorney's Office |
St. Paul, MN |
2 |
$240,000 |
Goodhue County Attorneys Office |
Red Wing, MN |
1 |
$120,000 |
St. Louis County |
Duluth, MN |
1 |
$120,000 |
Hennepin County |
Minneapolis, MN |
2 |
$240,000 |
City of St. Louis, Office of the Circuit Attorney |
St. Louis, MO |
3 |
$327,141 |
Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney |
Kansas City, MO |
2 |
$240,000 |
County of McDonald |
Pineville, MO |
1 |
$52,320 |
City of Wilmington |
Wilmington, NC |
1 |
$119,874 |
County of Pitt |
Greenville, NC |
1 |
$120,000 |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department |
Charlotte, NC |
4 |
$480,000 |
Sarpy County |
Papillion, NE |
1 |
$119,352 |
County of Cumberland |
Bridgeton, NJ |
1 |
$107,466 |
Gloucester? County
Prosecutors Office |
Woodbury, NJ |
1 |
$120,000 |
County of Union |
Elizabeth, NJ |
2 |
$240,000 |
County of Atlantic |
Atlantic City, NJ |
2 |
$240,000 |
|
CITY, ST |
PROSECUTORS |
AWARD |
Office of the Essex County Prosecutor |
Newark, NJ |
4 |
$353,080 |
County of Salem |
Salem, NJ |
1 |
$96,000 |
County of Mercer |
Trenton, NJ |
2 |
$240,000 |
New Mexico Eleventh Judicial District Division One |
Farmington, NM |
2 |
$240,000 |
New Mexico Second Judicial District Attorney's Office |
Albuquerque, NM |
4 |
$480,000 |
New Mexico Tenth Judicial District Attorney |
Tucumcari, NM |
1 |
$120,000 |
Sixth Judicial District Attorney |
Silver City, NM |
1 |
$120,000 |
Clark County District Attorney's Office |
Las Vegas, NV |
4 |
$480,000 |
Richmond County District Attorney |
Staten Island, NY |
3 |
$360,000 |
Nassau County District Attorney |
Mineola, NY |
3 |
$360,000 |
Monroe County |
Rochester, NY |
3 |
$360,000 |
Onondaga County |
Syracuse, NY |
1 |
$120,000 |
County of Oneida |
Utica, NY |
2 |
$215,206 |
District Attorney of the County of New York |
New York, NY |
4 |
$480,000 |
County of Columbia |
Hudson, NY |
1 |
$120,000 |
Westchester County District Attorney |
White Plains, NY |
2 |
$240,000 |
Niagara County District Attorney |
Lockport, NY |
1 |
$120,000 |
Greene County |
Catskill, NY |
1 |
$120,000 |
Kings County District Attorney |
Brooklyn, NY |
4 |
$480,000 |
Office of the Queens County District Attorney |
Kew Gardens, NY |
4 |
$480,000 |
Bronx County District Attorney |
Bronx, NY |
4 |
$480,000 |
Scioto County |
Portsmouth, OH |
1 |
$102,373 |
Jefferson County |
Steubenville, OH |
1 |
$120,000 |
|
CITY, ST |
PROSECUTORS |
AWARD |
Cuyahoga County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney |
Cleveland, OH |
4 |
$480,000 |
Mahoning County Board of Commissioners |
Youngstown, OH |
1 |
$120,000 |
Oklahoma Twenty Seventh Prosecutorial District |
Tahlequah, OK |
2 |
$240,000 |
Lane County |
Eugene, OR |
2 |
$240,000 |
Multnomah County District Attorney's Office |
Portland, OR |
1 |
$120,000 |
County of Berks |
Reading, PA |
2 |
$234,660 |
Lawrence County |
New Castle, PA |
1 |
$106,481 |
County of Montgomery |
Norristown, PA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Chester County Commissioners |
West Chester, PA |
1 |
$109,201 |
County of Delaware |
Media, PA |
1 |
$120,000 |
County of Lehigh |
Allentown, PA |
2 |
$238,522 |
Dauphin County |
Harrisburg, PA |
1 |
$118,560 |
County of Allegheny |
Pittsburgh, PA |
2 |
$240,000 |
Philadelphia District Attorney's Office |
Philadelphia, PA |
4 |
$480,000 |
Lancaster County District Attorney's Office |
Lancaster, PA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General |
Harrisburg, PA |
3 |
$360,000 |
Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General |
Providence, RI |
1 |
$120,000 |
Sixth Circuit Solicitor's Office |
Chester, SC |
1 |
$120,000 |
Shelby County District Attorney |
Memphis, TN |
2 |
$222,446 |
Twenty Second Judicial District Attorney's Office |
Lawrenceburg, TN |
1 |
$96,000 |
Tennessee 11th Judicial District Attorney's Office |
Chattanooga, TN |
4 |
$480,000 |
Tennessee Office of the Attorney General, Eighth Judicial
District |
Huntsville, TN |
1 |
$120,000 |
County of Tarrant |
Fort Worth, TX |
4 |
$480,000 |
|
CITY, ST |
PROSECUTORS |
AWARD |
Texas Office of the Attorney General |
Austin, TX |
4 |
$480,000 |
Johnson County |
Cleburne, TX |
1 |
$120,000 |
Calhoun County |
Port Lavaca, TX |
1 |
$96,000 |
Limestone County |
Groesbeck, TX |
1 |
$120,000 |
Utah Attorney General's Office |
Salt Lake City, UT |
2 |
$240,000 |
West Valley City |
West Valley City, UT |
1 |
$120,000 |
City of Lynchburg |
Lynchburg, VA |
2 |
$240,000 |
County of Rockingham |
Harrisonburg, VA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Virgin Islands Department of Justice |
Christiansted, VI |
2 |
$240,000 |
King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office |
Seattle, WA |
3 |
$360,000 |
Grant County |
Ephrata, WA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney's Office |
Yakima, WA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney |
Spokane, WA |
2 |
$238,902 |
Walla Walla County |
Walla Walla, WA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Thurston County |
Olympia, WA |
1 |
$120,000 |
Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office |
Tacoma, WA |
4 |
$480,000 |
County of Wayne |
Wayne, WV |
1 |
$100,800 |
Boone County |
Madison, WV |
1 |
$120,000 |
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$36,163,115 |
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