LOCAL, COUNTY AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

Fiscal Year 2013 Tactical Team Grant Program seeks applications for up to $100,000 in federal State Homeland Security Program funding made available by the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES). The focus of this grant opportunity is on sustaining, maintaining, and improving tactical teams currently in existence to enhance their capabilities, specifically relating to an IED or counter-terrorism mission, through the implementation of adopted statewide standards.

Grants will be awarded to local, county, and tribal law enforcement agencies with an active tactical team as part of their law enforcement operations that responds to calls for service outside of a correctional setting. The four primary objectives of this grant are: 1) The advancement of tactical team capabilities through the adaptation of standards within this community; 2) Participation in DHS’s Office for Bombing Prevention’s (DHS-OBP) SWAT Capability Analysis Program; 3) Encourage and support joint training among law enforcement specialty teams to include bomb squads and explosive detection canine teams; and, 4) The promotion of regional partnerships in the development of tactical team capabilities.

Applications will be accepted through 11:59 p.m. on October 7, 2013 through the State’s Electronic Grants Management System (E-Grants).

For the Request for Applications (RFA) please visit the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) website at http://www.dhses.ny.gov/grants or DHSES’s Grant Hotline at (866) 837-9133.

An informational webinar will be held on September 9, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Details will be posted on the DHSES website.