I'm interested in gathering a list of federal grants given to police
departments for the purchasing of in-car video systems.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 09 Sep 2004 14:26 PDT

Are you looking for:  (1) the names of the federal grant programs that
support in-car videos, or (2) the names of actual police departments
that have received such grants?

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by schatzgraeber-ga on 09 Sep 2004 14:32 PDT

At this point, I'm primarily just interested in the grant programs
themselves. Also, the amount of the grants is very important to me as
well. Thanks very much.

SG

Dear schatzgraeber-ga;

Your first move should be to contact COPS. They have provided $18.2
million to fund the purchase of more than 4,300 in-car video cameras
for law enforcement agencies around the nation:


Office of Community Oriented Policing Services -- (COPS)
1100 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 514-2058 
DOJ Response Center: 1 (800) 421-6770

COPS
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/

You can find a grant specialist to consult in your area by looking here:

COPS: State Contact List
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=487


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You can also contact individual vendors who are often all too happy to
help you find a grant. Here?s a couple of examples:

MARTEL ELECTRONICS
http://www.marteldirect.com/policecarvideogrants.html

EDO CORPORATION
http://www.tsoit.com/in_car_police_video_grants.htm


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This is how my department began its research for our equipment. Let me
know if these answer your question.

Regards;
Tutuzdad-ga

Thanks very much for the help; I had checked the COPS and the tsiot
sites already; they had a lot of good stuff, but I was really hoping
that somewhere I might find a comprehensive list of all grants, the
year, and the amount. Regardless, we'll make do with what we've got,
which is still quite substantial. Thanks again.

SG