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Wagoner County commissioners approve OVW grant applications for domestic‑violence investigators and a cyber‑crime unit
Summary
The Wagoner County Board of Commissioners on June 30 approved submission of two OVW grant applications to add investigative and technical capacity to the sheriff’s office: a $930,057.25 domestic‑violence proposal and a $180,000 cyber‑crime proposal.
Gabrielle Perry, the county’s grant consultant, presented two proposed Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) grant applications at the June 30 meeting: one to expand the sheriff’s office domestic‑violence investigative capacity and one to fund a rural cyber‑crime unit.
The domestic‑violence proposal requests $930,057.25 and, as described by Perry, would fund two full‑time investigators dedicated to domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking cases and one full‑time project assistant to support case coordination, data tracking and grant reporting. The application would create a subaward pool to competitive‑bid advocacy and SANE nurse services rather than name a single MOU partner, Perry said. Perry also noted the county received a prior award in fiscal 2022 on which this application would build. She told the board there is no local match required for the grant.
Later in the meeting Perry presented a separate application for the Local Law Enforcement Cyber Crimes Program (rural OVW), with a proposed budget of $180,000 to purchase forensic workstations, software, secure evidence storage, servers, cameras, portable drives and mobile data terminals and to provide training. Perry said Joel Weber, the sheriff’s cyber‑crimes investigator, supplied the equipment list and that the sheriff’s office has a sustainability plan should the grant not fund the full build‑out. Perry confirmed that equipment purchased with the grant would remain the county’s property.
Commissioner James moved to approve submission of both grant applications; Commissioner Randy seconded. The board approved both motions by roll call.
Why it matters: If funded, the grants would add investigative capacity and equipment to the sheriff’s office for domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and cyber investigations, potentially changing staffing and operational demands for the county sheriff’s office.
Details commissioners asked for: Commissioners asked about fringe‑benefit calculations for personnel and were advised those computations used prior award percentages and might need updating; staff said they would revisit benefit estimates if necessary before final submission.
Next steps: Staff will finalize application budgets and submit the applications for review by the federal grant programs.
