Maryland uses fed law enforcement grant funds to augment drug and other problem solving courts thruout the state…
Maryland has awarded a total of $28,694,995 under this program since 2007 and the funds have been used for a wide variety of purposes, including:
Supervise and contain the state’s most violent offenders
Serve arrest warrants on violent offenders
Combat gang violence and gather valuable intelligence information on gang activity
Provide crime analysts and crime mapping services to police departments
Reduce DNA backlogs
Provide state-of-the-art technology to law enforcement agencies throughout Maryland
Support drug courts and other problem solving courts throughout Maryland
Offer a variety of support services to crime victims
Support data-driven prevention strategies based on techniques that have been proven to work
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