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Albany County accepts $380,000 DCJS grant to support gun-involved violence efforts
Summary
The Legislature authorized a $380,000 Gun Involved Violence Elimination grant from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, to fund probation staff overtime, GPS and programming in partnership with the DA's office, Albany Police and the Sheriff's Office.
Albany County authorized an agreement with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) to accept a $380,000 Gun Involved Violence Elimination grant.
The presenter said the grant funds will be used in partnership with the district attorney's office, the Albany Police Department and the Albany County Sheriff's Office to support supervision of gun-involved probationers. The grant was described as covering salaries for the equivalent of 3.5 probation officer positions in overtime, GPS costs and additional programming for probationers.
A county presenter noted the funds pay for GPS monitoring and related programming for probationers under supervision. The Legislature moved, seconded and approved the agreement by voice vote; the transcript does not give a roll-call tally.
No additional implementation timeline or detailed budget breakdown beyond the items described in the meeting was included in the transcript.
