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and implement a comprehensive juvenile justice plan that sets priorities for the expenditure of Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention formula grant funds. For more information, see www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/grants/grants/html.
Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program. This program awards block grants to local government units to reduce crime and enhance
public safety. Grants must be used for one or more specific purposes, including hiring law enforcement personnel, purchasing law enforcement equipment, enhancing school security, establishing or
operating drug courts, adjudicating violent offenders, operating multijurisdictional task forces, and implementing crime prevention programs. This technical assistance and training allocation
supports investigative personnel in using surveillance equipment and information systems applications and provides for technical training. For more information, call 800, 421-6770 or see www.oijp.usdog.gov/BJA.
State Domestic Preparedness Equipment Support. This program provides formula grants to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.
S. Territories. These grants help state and local agencies plan for and execute a comprehensive threat and needs assessment. This assessment will help agencies develop 3-year plans to enhance
first-responder capabilities and acquire specialized equipment. For more information, call 202, 305-9887.
Stop Violence Against Women Formula Grants Program.
This program was established to create a strategy that integrates all elements of criminal justice to respond to violent crimes against women.
The program’s broad purpose includes training for law enforcement and developing and implementing services to effectively address crimes against women. For more information, call 202, 307-6026,
or see www.oip.usdoj.gov/vawg.
Victims of Crime Act Victim Assistance. This program awards formula grants for automated victim notification systems that connect with
local, state, and national criminal justice information systems. These systems provide information to law enforcement and corrections agencies and victims about case-related events, arrests,
hearings, dispositions, and releases. For more information, see www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc.fund.
Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing (VOL/TIS) Incentive Grants Program. This program awards grants to help states build,
renovate, expand, or "harden" corrections facilities for adult or juvenile facilities. These funds can also be used for the addition or improvement of surveillance, locating and tracking, or
contraband detection technologies. The program is administered on a 3-tiered formula basis. TIS awards are distributed as an incentive to states to enact sentencing reforms and ensure that violent
offenders serve at least 85% of their sentence. For more information, call 800, 848-6325, see www.ojp.usdoj.gov/cpo, or E-mail askpo@ojp.usdoj.gov.
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Meetings
9/4-5/02 Global Security Summit for Transportation Systems and Critical Transportation Infrastructure, Chicago, IL, WCBF Limited (+44 [0] 20 8
886 0955; Fax: 882 8485; www.wcbf.com/security)
9/10-13/02 American Society for Industrial Security Seminar, Philadelphia, PA (703, 519-6200; Fax: 518-1473; www.asisonline.org)
9/17-18/02 Connecting Communities: Emergency Preparedness and Security Regional Forum, St. Louis, MO, Federal Transit Administration (transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov)
9/17-20/02 Homeland Security Summit and Counter-Terrorism Drill, Atlanta, GA (www.securitysummit.org)
9/18-19/02 U. S. Maritime Security Conference and Expo, New York, NY (http://maritimesecurityexpo.com)
9/19-21/02 Risk Analysis 2002: Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation, Sintra, Portugal, Wessex Institute of Technology
(+44 [0] 238 029 3223; Fax: 238 02 2853; wit@wessex.ac.uk; www.wessex.ac.uk)
9/22-26/02 American Public Transportation Association International Public Transit Expo 2002, Las Vegas, NV (202, 396-4800; www.meetings@apta.com)
9/25-27/02 BiometriTech: Critical Solutions That Control Access and Secure Vital Assets, New York, NY (203, 852-6800, ext. 130; www.biometritechexpo.com)
10/5-9/02 109th Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference,
Minneapolis, MN (800, THE IACP; www.theiacp.org)
10/12-16/02 American Public Transportation Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (202, 496-4800)
10/16-17/02 Connecting Communities: Emergency Preparedness and Security Regional Forum, Detroit, MI, Federal Transit Administration (transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov)
10/21-25/02 110th Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference: Law
Enforcement Education and Technology Exposition (800, THE-IACP; www.theiacp.org)
10/30-31/02 Connecting Communities: Emergency Preparedness and Security Regional Forum, San Francisco, CA, Federal Transit Administration (transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov)
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