The Southwest Border Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Grant is designed to provide resources to small, rural state, and tribal law enforcement agencies along or near the Southwest Border of the United States
in order to support efforts in addressing precipitous increases of all types of crime unique to this region, including human trafficking, sexual assaults, extorsion, gang activity, murder, drug trafficking, and other forms of violent crime.
The list of eligible items is broad and may include, but is not limited to:
- Public safety equipment
- Tactical equipment
- Communications equipment, other than radios
- Computer or networking equipment and peripherals
- Computer software or mobile applications
- K-9 Unit Support (K-9[s], K-9 training, K-9 maintenance)
- Vehicle modifications (e.g., converting a vehicle to a K-9 unit)
- Other specialized needs that are not described above but which would aid the agency in fulfilling one of the program purposes described below
Funding requested must be used to fulfill one or more of the following program purposes:
- Improve the agency’s investigative, intelligence, and/or interdiction capabilities;
- Enhance information sharing, including investigative and intelligence data sharing with other agencies;
- Enable agencies to participate in projects across the southern border;
- Assist in projects/initiatives unique to an agency or its region; and/or
- Improve dedicated communications capabilities.