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Commissioners approve $305,971 federal drug‑control grant for Shelby County enforcement partners
Summary
A Shelby County committee unanimously approved accepting $305,971 in FY2026 funding from the Office of National Drug Control Policy to support overtime, buy money, wiretaps and search warrants across local law‑enforcement partners, county staff said.
Shelby County commissioners voted in committee to accept and appropriate $305,971 in FY2026 federal grant funds from the Office of National Drug Control Policy aimed at disrupting illegal drug commerce in the county.
Adrienne Daley Evans, the finance administrator for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, told commissioners the grant is preapproved and will be distributed as subawards: Memphis Police Department ($81,968), Shelby County District Attorney’s Office ($79,005.20), Tennessee Bureau of Investigation ($33,500) and Shelby County Sheriff’s Office ($113,983). “These funds will be used for overtime, drug buy money, wiretapping, and executing search warrants,” Daley Evans said, adding there is no local match requirement. The committee recorded five aye votes and forwarded the item with a favorable recommendation.
Why it matters: the funds are intended to support short‑term operational actions across multiple agencies; the committee moved the appropriation forward on a routine roll call. Next steps: the item will go to the full commission for final action and the sheriff’s office and partner agencies will proceed with required grant paperwork and subaward agreements.
