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Local Law Enforcement Programs Funded

8 November 2005

Funding levels were released late last night by House and Senate negotiators for programs pushed by U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee to keep police officers in King County schools and help Kitsap County law-enforcement officials track criminals, among other statewide projects.

Specifically, the King County Sheriff's Office will receive $300,000 to pay for full-time deputies who secure schools and mentor students under the School Resource Officer Program. Funding will prevent the loss of five existing positions and allow the program to expand to Shoreline, Kent and Snoqualmie school districts.

The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office will get $200,000 to acquire biometric technology as part of the Integrated Biometric Identification System (IBIS). It's the third year Inslee has obtained funding for the system that will allow officers immediately to identify dangerous criminals, including terrorists, by integrating information held by local, state and federal law-enforcement agencies.

In addition, Inslee helped secure a total of $2.75 million in grants for statewide law-enforcement initiatives - $2 million will combat methamphetamine abuse and $750,000 will reduce the turn-around time for processing DNA evidence in rape cases.

"By making schools and streets safer, these federal programs will strengthen communities in the 1st District and across the state," said Inslee.

The projects were included in a conference report of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, Justice, and Commerce.

The House likely will vote on the conference report later this week; and, the Senate vote will come soon thereafter. Both chambers are expected to approve it.