Kay Ivey awards two grants to ALEA to update sex offender tracking system
Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded two grants, totaling $143,192, to enhance public safety in Alabama. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency received the grants that will help keep track of sex offenders and ensure that the state is up to date on a new federal crime reporting method. The Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act assists law enforcement agencies in keeping track of sex offenders. The National Incident-Based Reporting Summary (NIBRS) is a new national crime reporting system that is more comprehensive and all-encompassing than the current system it is replacing. According to the FBI website, the NIBRS was implemented to improve the overall quality of crime data collected by law enforcement. The system captures details on each single crime incident—as well as on separate offenses within the same incident—including information on victims, known offenders, relationships between victims and offenders, arrestees, and property involved in crimes. “ALEA and our local law enforcement agencies throughout Alabama do a superb, yet often unappreciated job of maintaining law and order in our state,” Gov. Ivey stated. “This funding will help provide the needed financial resources to maintain and update registries as required by federal and state laws.” The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is administering the grants from funds made available by the U.S. Department of Justice. “ADECA is pleased to partner with Gov. Ivey and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in these measures to improve public safety,” ADECA Director Kenneth Boswell stated. ADECA administers an array of programs supporting law enforcement and traffic safety, economic development, energy conservation, water resource management, and recreation development.
