Establishing, particularly in rural areas, multi jurisdictional task forces who will work with Federal law enforcement to prevent and control crime. Establish crime prevention programs. Defraying the cost of indemnification insurance for law enforcement officers. In the past, this program has been directly awarded to the Nevada Highway Patrol. That has recently been changed since OCJA has been determined to be the Department's point of contact for DOJ grants.
Funding is provided for specific programs.
Partly from this funding, the Nevada Highway Patrol's Records and Identification Services Bureau implemented an entirely new Criminal History Records Repository computer system in 1999. This system will host many different databases which will be a great help to law enforcement, including the Sex Offender Registry, Dangerous Offender Notification System and much more. Commission on Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, Enforcement and Treatment OCJA provides support for this Commission, which meets quarterly and is tasked with preparing a comprehensive State Master Plan to combat substance abuse and to evaluate the effectiveness of all such programs in Nevada.