Section 116-C - Local Law Enforcement Support Grant Program.(a) Establishment.--The commission shall establish the Local Law Enforcement Support Grant Program for law enforcement agencies.(b)Administration.--The program shall provide a law enforcement agency with the necessary resources to allow the law enforcement agency to implement information technology improvements, purchase or upgrade equipment, cover nontraditional law enforcement personnel costs, support retention and recruitment efforts and provide necessary training and cover related expenses.(c) Applications.--The commission shall prescribe the form and manner in which an application may be submitted to receive a grant award under the program. The commission shall accept applications on an annual basis.(d) Use of grants.--From money appropriated for COVID Relief - ARPA - Local Law Enforcement Support, a law enforcement agency may use a grant award under the program for any of the following: (1) Technology and information technology improvements, including, but not limited to, record management systems, report management systems and national incident-based reporting system updates.(2) Hardware and software equipment, including, but not limited to, body-worn cameras, vehicle cameras and mobile information technology equipment.(3) Nonsworn personnel costs, including, but not limited to, civilian personnel, co-responder models, crisis intervention specialists or civilian community relations specialists.(4) Nonreoccurring personnel costs for sworn officers, including, but not limited to, officer wellness programs, programs that support increased diversity and retention and recruitment programs.(5) Policy development, evidence-based practices and training, including, but not limited to, crisis intervention training, use of force training, implicit bias training, deescalation training and associated costs related to training.(e) Prioritization.--The commission shall prioritize issuing grants under the program for areas of this Commonwealth with high rates of violence or to law enforcement agencies with low clearance rates.(f) Limitations.--The following shall apply to grants issued by the commission under the program: (1) A grant award to a city of the first class shall not exceed $25,000,000.(2) A grant award to a city of the second class shall not exceed $20,000,000.(3) A grant award to a municipality with a population of 55,000 or greater based on the most recent Federal decennial census, not including a city of the first class or a city of the second class, shall not exceed $10,000,000.(4) A grant award to a municipality with a population between 18,000 and 55,000 based on the most recent Federal decennial census, not including a city of the first class or a city of the second class, shall not exceed $5,000,000.(5) A grant award to a municipality with a population less than 18,000 based on the most recent Federal decennial census, not including a city of the first class or a city of the second class, shall not exceed $1,000,000.(6) A grant award to a transit agency or campus police or university police department shall not exceed $5,000,000.(7) A grant award to an airport authority police department or a county park police force shall not exceed $500,000.(g) Supplement not supplant.--Grant money allocated through the program shall be used to supplement and not supplant existing funding. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a law enforcement agency from making an application to receive a grant award under the program in a subsequent year for the same purpose and amount in the prior year.(h)Diversity.--The commission shall ensure that grant awards made under the program are geographically dispersed throughout this Commonwealth.(i) Performance metrics.--The commission shall include performance metrics to measure the progress of grants awarded under the program.(j)Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Commission." The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
"Law enforcement agency." Any of the following:
(1) A public agency of a political subdivision having general police powers and charged with making arrests in connection with the enforcement of the criminal or traffic laws.(2) A campus police or university police department, as used in section 2416 of the act of April 9, 1929 ( P.L. 177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, certified by the Office of Attorney General as a criminal justice agency under the definition of "criminal justice agency" in 18 Pa.C.S. § 9102 (relating to definitions).(3) A railroad or street railway police department formed with officers commissioned under 22 Pa.C.S. Ch. 33 (relating to railroad and street railway police) or any prior statute providing for the commissioning.(4) An airport authority police department, including the Harrisburg International Airport Police.(5) A county park police force under section 2511(b) of the act of August 9, 1955 ( P.L. 323, No.130), known as The County Code. "Most recent Federal decennial census." The population figures for the most recent Federal decennial census as published by the Department of General Services in the most recent Pennsylvania Manual as of the effective date of this section.
"Program." The Local Law Enforcement Support Grant Program established under subsection (a).
Added by P.L. TBD 2022 No. 54, § 3, eff. 7/11/2022.