$99K in law grants in Schenectady Co. SCHENECTADY — Schenectady County has received $99,000 in federal grants for local law enforcement programs. The grants are through the Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance program and will be distributed to city police and county agencies. The city and county will use funds to purchase uniforms and weapons for its tactical team and to support the salaries of part-time staff who monitor the city’s surveillance cameras. The grant will also support operational costs of the Community Accountability Board. The board is run out of the Center for Community Justice and handles nonviolent quality of life offenses. “The whole idea is to divert cases outside the criminal justice system and bring them before board of people trained to be adjudicators,” said Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney. “They have to admit the offense and they have to make reparations to the community,” he said. In addition, the grant will pay for an independent evaluation of the city’s surveillance camera project and for computers and software for the district attorney’s gun and anti-gang unit. The Byrne grants are awarded annually. They help pay for technical assistance, training, personnel and information systems for criminal justice efforts.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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