Office of Justice Programs today announced that it has awarded over $35 million in grant funding to support the Regional Information Sharing

WASHINGTON – The Office of Justice Programs today announced that it has awarded over $35 million in grant funding to support the Regional Information Sharing Systems network. Composed of six regional centers and the RISS Technology Support Center, RISS encompasses more than 9,000 local, state, federal and tribal law enforcement and public safety agencies, which work together to share information and respond to the unique crime problems of each region.

 

          “A robust information sharing capability is essential to effective law enforcement and foundational to community safety,” said OJP Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katharine T. Sullivan. “The Department of Justice is proud to continue its support of RISS and its members as they solve crimes, arrest criminals and work to protect Americans from violence.”

 

          Six of the awards named below will fund the RISS centers and the operational costs associated with them, while the RISS Technology Support Center award will continue RISS’s national sharing capabilities and includes funding for the Ashanti Alert pilot program, which issues alerts about missing persons aged 18-64.

 

Institute for Intergovernmental Research (RISS Technology Support Center), Florida       

Total Awarded $5,813,000                

                       

Rocky Mountain Information Network Inc., Arizona

Total Awarded $5,132,681    

 

Western States Information Network, Inc., California

Total Awarded $5,401,820                                        

 

New England State Police Information Network, Inc., Massachusetts

Total Awarded $4,034,162    

 

Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center, Missouri

Total Awarded $4,732,110

 

Middle Atlantic Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network, Inc., Pennsylvania

Total Awarded $5,235,034                                                    

 

Regional Organized Crime Information Center, Tennessee

Total Awarded $5,301,820

 

          The Office of Justice Programs, directed by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katharine T. Sullivan, provides federal leadership, grants, training, technical assistance and other resources to improve the nation’s capacity to prevent and reduce crime, assist victims and enhance the rule of law by strengthening the criminal and juvenile justice systems. More information about OJP and its components can be found at www.ojp.gov.