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Joint Resolution authorizing the renewal of the State’s Attorney’s Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Prosecution grant program (Agreement #406023) awarded by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, in the amount of $204,858 in federal funds and covers the time period October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009
Staff Summary
· This program is funding for four Assistant State’s Attorneys, two secretaries, one paralegal, and one investigator dedicated to the prosecution of drug-related offenses.
· Program goals:
· To deter drug-related crime through criminal investigations and prosecution: From October 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008, the State’s Attorneys Office initiated 529 felony drug prosecutions.
· To focus the prosecution of drug-related crimes on recent legislative changes that has increased emphasis on and penalties of various drug-related offenses.
· To increase the Lake County State’s Attorneys Office cooperative effort with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in conducting pre-arrest investigations and subsequent prosecutions to identify, track, and prosecute drug-related trafficking, conspiracies, and other offenses.
· To further engage these appointed Assistant State’s Attorneys and support staff to act as prosecutorial liaisons for police trainings, legal updates, and case-related issues involving community drug-related prosecutions.
Sources of Program Funding:
• Federal funds $204,858
• Matching funds
- Asset Forfeiture 30,000
- County 38,286
• Overmatch 429,825
Program Total $702,969
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) has announced the continuation of a 12-month grant in the amount of $204,858 in federal funds for the State’s Attorney’s Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Prosecution program to provide concentration on convictions of drug-related cases and offenders; and
WHEREAS, the grant program will fund a portion ...
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