NCJ Number
205713
Date Published
March 2004
Length
44 pages
Annotation
This report presents Colorado’s State plan or strategies for the application of grant funds under the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Byrne Formula Assistance programs in reducing the trafficking and use of illegal drugs and improvements in the criminal justice system for the next 4 years.
Abstract
Authorized by the United States Congress in 1988, the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Program under the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance offers opportunities for grants to State and local government agencies for the purpose of improving the functioning of the criminal justice system. The program emphasizes projects that address serious offenders and violent crimes. In Colorado, illegal drug manufacturing, trafficking, and distribution usually are the categories of crimes most often targeted by the system improvements made through Byrne grants. This report represents Colorado State government’s plan for the application of grant funds under the Byrne Formula Assistance program. The plan or strategy outlines the direction Colorado intends to take to reduce the trafficking and use of illegal drugs and for the improvement of components of the criminal justice system during the next 4 years. This strategy report includes five sections, as required by the Bureau of Justice Assistance: (1) data and analysis showing a significant problem in the production and trafficking of methamphetamine, as well as other illegal drugs; (2) resource needs indicating a need of at least $25.2 million to support the State’s drug task forces, for appropriate treatment programs, and to sustain basic research; (3) Colorado’s strategic priorities and their conformity to the national goals of the National Drug Control Strategy for 2003-2004; (4) Colorado’s Drug Control and System Improvement Advisory Board plans to support projects in 10 selected program areas in 2004 that include: demand reduction, task forces, crime prevention, improved enforcement, career criminal prosecution, system improvement, information systems, evaluation, alternatives to incarceration and treatment with priorities in drug enforcement, treatment, evaluation, and system improvement; and (5) coordinated efforts with other Federal and State programs with similar purposes. Appendix