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Council approves Crime Gun Intelligence Center grant positions funded by Bureau of Justice Assistance
Summary
The prosecutor's office received council approval to create two grant-funded student analyst positions as part of a roughly $698,000, three-year Crime Gun Intelligence Center grant; officials said the Bureau of Justice Assistance approved the staffing proposal and the analyst positions will be supervised by the CJIC analyst.
The Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office told the county council it is building a Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CJIC) and has secured Bureau of Justice Assistance approval for its staffing proposal. The office requested council authority to create two student analyst positions, both part-time and fully funded by the grant.
Prosecutor's office staff said the grant totals about $698,000 over three years and includes a budget to support the CJIC's operations and student analysts who will be recruited from local universities. The CJIC analyst assigned to the unit will supervise the student analysts; staff emphasized previous supervisory experience among current personnel.
"This is one of our units that works hand in hand with our high-tech crime unit ... so we propose creating 2 positions. They are gonna be student analysts ... their position is fully funded by the grant," the prosecutor's representative said. The council asked questions, received confirmation that the Bureau of Justice Assistance had approved the proposal, and moved to approve creation of the positions. The motion passed by voice vote.
Funding and oversight details included: the grant covers approximately three years, the student analysts will be part-time, and supervisory oversight will be provided by the department's CJIC analyst. The prosecutor's office said the full grant budget will be spent over the three-year term.
What happens next: the prosecutor's office will post and fill the two student analyst positions and manage grant reporting and supervision through the CJIC analyst; council approval authorizes position creation but the hiring and grant administration remain with the prosecutor's office.
No formal roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript; council approval occurred via the meeting's voice-vote procedure.
