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January 12, 2024




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Governor DeWine Announces Funding for Law Enforcement?Body-Worn Camera Programs

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)??Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that the state will award nearly $4.8 million in grant funding to help local law enforcement agencies across Ohio cover costs associated with body-worn camera programs.?

A total of 108 law enforcement agencies will receive funding as part of the third round of the Ohio Body-Worn Camera Grant Program. Of those agencies, 32 will use funding to create new body-worn camera programs and 76 agencies will dedicate funding toward expanding or upgrading existing technology.?

?Body-worn cameras are important for both the protection of our law enforcement officers and members of the public," said Governor DeWine. "My administration is proud to support our police departments and sheriff's offices will the cost of this equipment so that agencies big and small can outfit their peace officers with cameras."

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*DETAILS: Body-Worn Camera Grant Recipients* [ [link removed] ]


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Governor DeWine created the Ohio Body-Worn Camera Grant Program in 2021. In total, more than 300 law enforcement agencies have received funding as part of the program, including over 200 law enforcement agencies that received nearly $10 million in grants [ [link removed] ]?in the 2022-2023 biennium. The Ohio General Assembly allotted an additional $10 million to the program as part of the current 2024-2025 biennium, $5 million of which will be awarded next year.?

Ohio's Office of Criminal Justice Services, which is administering the grant program, received $10.7 million worth of grant requests for this round of funding.?All qualifying agencies that applied for grants to establish new body-worn camera programs received funding, and the remaining funds went to existing programs to upgrade aging cameras, add storage capacity, or hire record-retention personnel.

Today?s announcement builds on?several initiatives already as part of?Governor DeWine?s commitment to?the safety of Ohio?s communities. Since taking office in 2019, Governor DeWine has launched several?initiatives?to help law enforcement in their work to protect the public and solve crimes, including the creation of the Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center [ [link removed] ], Ohio School Safety Center [ [link removed] ], Ohio Office of Law Enforcement Recruitment [ [link removed] ], Ohio Office of First Responder Wellness [ [link removed] ], Ohio Prisoner Extradition Reimbursement Program [ [link removed] ], Ohio Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program [ [link removed] ],? Ohio Crime Lab Efficiency Program, [ [link removed] ] Ohio Ballistics Testing Initiative [ [link removed] ],?Ohio First Responder Recruitment, Retention, and Resilience Program [ [link removed] ], Ohio Court Backlog Reduction Program [ [link removed] ], Community Violence Prevention Grant Program [ [link removed] ], and the new eWarrant database [ [link removed] ].

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