FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 27, 2003

CONTACT:  SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755

 

SANFORD ANNOUNCES GRANTS TO ASSIST

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES

 

COLUMBIA – Gov. Mark Sanford has announced grants to state agencies and local governments to decrease violence and drug-related crime by maintaining school resource officers in middle and high schools, funding drug courts and improving the criminal justice system throughout the state. 

 

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety's Office of Justice Programs will administer these grant programs on behalf of the Governor's Office.

 

“Violent crime is as much a threat to public safety as is terrorism,” Sanford said. “Homeland Security means just that -- being safe in your home, and these grant awards will give law enforcement officers the tools to accomplish this mission.”

 

“South Carolina’s rates of domestic violence, child abuse and elder abuse and assault are among the highest in the nation.  These grant awards will support innovative programs to continue to reduce crime in our towns and counties.”

 

These grants represent a portion of the $7,119,952 awarded to the South Carolina Governor's Office in 2003 by the U.S. Justice Department under the Drug Control and System Improvement Program.  Under federal guidelines, agencies may use these funds for such purposes as hiring and training law enforcement officers and support personnel, providing expenses for training, purchasing equipment to improve criminal justice record keeping systems and establishing programs focusing on court delay reduction, school safety, narcotics operations, domestic violence and child/elder abuse investigations.

 

The following agencies received grants:

 

Implementing Agency

Project Title

Amount Received

 

 

 

West Columbia Police Department

NCIC 2000

$14,160

Eleventh Circuit Solicitor's Office

Radio Communications Project

$18,217

Lexington Police Department

NIBRS Information Systems Upgrades

$25,000

Greenwood County Sheriff's Office

School Resource Officer

$55,671

Bonneau Police Department

Records Management System and NCIC 2000 Implementation

$15,000

First Circuit Solicitor's Office

Drug Crimes Prosecuting Unit - Dorchester

$55,014

South Carolina Department of Corrections

Drug Interdiction Enhancement Grant

$85,647

First Circuit Solicitor's Office

Drug Crimes Prosecuting Unit - Orangeburg

$54,408

Anderson Police Department

Child/Elder Abuse Investigator

$56,052

Florence County Sheriff’s Office

Criminal Domestic Violence Investigator

$39,439

Florence County Sheriff's Office

School Resource Officer

$36,923

Liberty Police Department

School Resource Officer

$26,537

Kershaw County Sheriff's Office

School Resource Officer

$36,812

Lexington Police Department

Criminal Domestic Violence - Child/Elder Abuse Investigator

$41,310

Anderson Police Department

Criminal Domestic Violence Investigative Unit

$90,952

Conway Police Department

Criminal Domestic Violence - Child/Elder Abuse Investigator

$34,533

Chesterfield Police Department

NIBRS

$29,550

Richland County Sheriff's Office

Forensic Laboratory Expansion Services

$73,565

Pickens County Sheriff's Office

School Resource Officer

$33,832

Conway Police Department

NIBRS

$35,815

South Carolina Department of Corrections

Centralized Jail Information System

$203,111

Horry County Police Department

Drug Analysis Laboratory

$123,093

Anderson Police Department

NIBRS Upgrade

$175,600

Clinton Police Department

School Resource Officer

$36,308

Clinton Police Department

Narcotics Investigator

$37,808

Olanta Police Department

NIBRS System

$17,022

Manning Police Department

Narcotics Interdiction Program

$61,214

Clarendon County Sheriff's Office

LIVE SCAN Device

$62,777

Dorchester County Sheriff's Office

Criminal Domestic Violence Investigator

$101,941

Surfside Beach Department of Public Safety

NCIC 2000/RMS/MDT

$56,250

Georgetown Police Department

School Resource Officer

$38,985

Spartanburg Department of Public Safety

Enhanced Crime Analysis

$3,000

Seventh Circuit Solicitor's Office

Violent Crime Prosecution Team

$114,855

Myrtle Beach Police Department

Criminal Domestic Violence - Child/Elder Abuse Investigator

$111,457

South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services

Courtroom Technology

$147,951

Sumter County Summary Court

Court Information Management

$20,413

Pamplico Police Department

NIBRS

$10,500

South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services

Digital Imaging

$38,223

Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office

York County Drug Court Program

$103,086

Lancaster County Sheriff's Office

Violent Crime Multi-jurisdictional Task Force

$184,309

South Carolina Department of Public Safety, Criminal Justice Academy Division

Advanced Drug Enforcement Distance Learning Training

$133,828

Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office

Criminal Domestic Violence - Child/Elder Abuse Investigator

$43,498

Moncks Corner Police Department

Criminal Domestic Violence - Child/Elder Abuse Investigator

$47,825

Anderson County Sheriff's Office

School Resource Officer

$90,465

Oconee County Sheriff's Office

Criminal Domestic Violence Investigator

$62,764

Greenwood County Sheriff's Office

LIVE SCAN Device

$63,750

Beaufort Police Department

School Resource Officer

$84,315

South Carolina Judicial Department

Court System Efficiency Improvements, Phase III

$802,641

Winthrop University Police Department

NIBRS and NCIC Upgrades

$18,750

Tenth Circuit Solicitor's Office

Criminal Domestic Violence Prosecution Team

$49,575

Lancaster Police Department

LIVE SCAN Device

$45,906

Tenth Circuit Solicitor's Office

Child/Elder Abuse Prosecution Team

$147,749

Allendale County Sheriff's Office

NIBRS Update

$14,300

Jamestown Police Department

NIBRS

$14,775

Beaufort County Sheriff's Office

Regional Drug Analysis Laboratory

$71,343

Chester County Sheriff's Office

Child/Elder Abuse Investigator

$61,538

Horry County Police Department

School Resource Officer

$116,062

Horry County Police Department

School Resource Officer

$35,619

South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination

Pretrial Intervention - Records Upgrade

$75,000

Goose Creek Police Department

Narcotics Officer

$35,249

Hanahan Police Department

LIVE SCAN Device

$50,627

Ridgeville Police Department

NIBRS

$2,906

Hanahan Police Department

School Resource Officer

$55,255

Kershaw County Sheriff's Office

NIBRS

$53,464

Chester Police Department

Domestic Violence Investigator

$61,527

Greenwood County Sheriff's Office

NCIC Terminal Upgrade

$5,580

Chester County Sheriff's Office

Criminal Domestic Violence Investigator

$38,344

South Carolina State University Police Department

NIBRS and NCIC

$26,850

Moncks Corner Police Department

Narcotics Unit

$51,633

Ninth Circuit Solicitor's Office

Child Abuse Investigator

$36,488

Lexington County Sheriff's Office

Narcotics Multi-jurisdictional Task Force

$408,101

Lexington County Sheriff's Office

NIBRS

$137,425

Lexington County Sheriff's Office

Multi-jurisdictional Forensic Drug Lab

$115,752

Lexington County Sheriff's Office

AFIS

$84,300

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

NCIC 2000 System Upgrade

$34,549

Westminster Police Department

NIBRS

$2,625

Lake City Municipal Court

Municipal Court Improvement

$18,169

Cherokee County Sheriff's Office

LIVE SCAN Device

$50,252

Allendale County Sheriff's Office

NCIC 2000

$5,423

Kershaw County Summary Court

Court Automation Project

$14,640

Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office

Multi-jurisdictional Forensic Services Unit

$176,933

Elgin Police Department

School Resource Officer

$31,946

Orangeburg Department of Public Safety

Forensic Drug Lab Personnel

$73,850

Hampton County Magistrate Court

Implementing Judicial Technology

$36,686

Scranton Police Department

NIBRS

$17,022

South Carolina Department of Public Safety, State Transport Police Division

Narcotic Detection Dogs

$12,450

Charleston County Probate Court

Mental Health Court

$107,235

Sumter Police Department

School Resource Officer

$113,340

Greenwood County Sheriff's Office

Domestic Violence Investigator

$69,639

Aiken County Sheriff's Office

Drug Analysis Laboratory

$94,462

 

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