ORANGE, COUNTY OF - SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT- JAG - 2015

Home Browse Search

Attachment A 2015 -DJ -BX -0226 City: Fullerton The City of Fullerton proposes to use the 2015 Justice Assistance Grant Program funding as .follows: PURPOSE AREAS JAG funds may be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, strategic planning, research and evaluation (including forensics), data collection, training, personnel, equipment, forensic laboratories, supplies, contractual support, and criminal justice information systems that will improve or enhance such areas as: Law enforcement programs. PROJECT NARRATIVE Proposed program activities - Funding for the proposed JAG 2015 Cold Case Project will pay for 2 part -time Consultants /Detectives to continue to re -open, re- investigate and, where possible, solve cold cases of homicide through the use of technology not available at the time the crime was committed. The 2015 JAG grant will be used exclusively for the Cold Case Project noted above. Program need - Currently, the Fullerton Police Department has about 20 unsolved cases of murder on its books going back over 30 years. Clearly, the crime of murder calls for the greatest use of police resources to ensure justice for the victim, the victim's loved ones, and the murderer. However, through a lack of evidence and witnesses, and - especially with decades -old crimes- a lack of technology, some crimes of murder were seemingly impossible to solve. Now, recent and rather astounding advances in both the collection and analysis of evidence make it possible to solve previously unsolvable cases. Nonetheless, these cold cases will still require many hours of old- fashioned detective work, and with reduced budgets and a Police Department already stretched to its limits preventing and solving present -day crimes, these cold cases do not receive the attention and resources they deserve. The Department's ongoing Cold Case Project was initiated through JAG funding, and currently, our detectives are involved with two cold cases, one of which is coming close to being solved and prosecuted. The proposed JAG 2015 Cold Case Project would provide the needed manpower to continue these and other cases which are especially time- consuming and difficult to investigate due to the many years which may have transpired since the crime was committed. PROJECT GOALS The primary goal of the project is to reopen and reinvestigate cold cases of homicide and, where possible, solve and prosecute these cases. Page 8 of 22