Over $600m of grant funding is available to law enforcement and public safety departments every year. Learn how to find available grants here.
Mobile video surveillance trailers and pole cameras are one of the most effective ways for Law Enforcement agencies to fight and investigate crime.
Each year grant funding is made available to support agencies looking to purchase and install mobile surveillance units in order to improve the security and safety for your area.
This could support various organizations, and some grants have specific focuses that can only be allocated to those particular departments.
How Can Mobile Surveillance Cameras Support Law Enforcement?
Mobile surveillance cameras aim to significantly support Law Enforcement in numerous ways:
- Crime prevention and investigation
- Public safety and crowd management
- Traffic management
- Illegal dumping
- Business and parking lot security
- Major events safety and security
Their design offers a flexible, adjustable security solution that can be deployed in various locations, whether it be covert surveillance of an illegal dumping hotspot, public space monitoring, or traffic management.
Additionally, with Law Enforcement and Public Safety departments already stretched in their responsibilities, mobile surveillance units can ease departments’ struggles with security and allow employees to place their focuses elsewhere.
Often fitted with advanced camera technology and additional features, mobile surveillance cameras have greater sight of threats than the human eye, helping streamline Law Enforcements’ crime responses.
Also, due to their all-in-one approach to security, they remain one of the most cost-effective solutions for Law Enforcement to deploy, especially in comparison to expensive guarding options.
Finding Grants for Mobile Surveillance Cameras
As mentioned, Law Enforcement and Public Safety departments’ budgets are already stretched, so gaining grants is one of the main methods used to improve the services and safety provided to the public.
However, as much as grants are beneficial, they are also high-in-demand, making it a competition between various Law Enforcement and Public Safety departments to gain the funding made available to them.
Grants appear at different times throughout the year and you need to be able to act fast in order to apply within the specified deadline.
To do this, you need to monitor the federal websites, organizations, and businesses making this funding available, but without knowing where to go, you won’t be able to remain on top of this.
Having previously written a FREE step-by-step guide on writing and submitting a grant funding application, we’re now exploring how to find grants in the first place and stay ahead of funding applications.
Available Grants for Mobile Surveillance Cameras
Listed below are all grant programs that have supported agencies to purchase surveillance cameras:
Justice Assistance Grants
The Department of Justice (DoJ) offers grant funding opportunities to purchase surveillance cameras and other equipment.
The Justice Assistance Grant program awards grants to state and local government units to enhance Law Enforcement agencies' ability to investigate, arrest, and prosecute criminals.
Although the DoJ grants cover a broad range of crime prevention initiatives, a well-written and comprehensively justified request for surveillance camera funding will succeed.
An example is the Waxahachie Police Department, which previously received $50,000 in funding via a Justice Assistance Grant to purchase a Mobile Surveillance Trailer.
Homeland Security Grants
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provides grant opportunities to support State and local government agencies' initiatives to create safer neighborhoods.
These grants cover mobile surveillance cameras, including the purchase of equipment and associated training programs.
Grant offerings will vary, with some having specific requirements which must be followed to be awarded the grant funding.
Before applying for any grant, you should always check the criteria and ensure you are both eligible and have written the proposal correctly to the requirements specified.
Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants
The DoJ also sponsors the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program.
These grants are awarded to support State and local Law Enforcement agencies looking to implement preventive measures to crime rather than reactive ones.
These grants cover purchasing crime prevention technology, such as mobile surveillance cameras, as part of an overall community policing strategy.
School Safety Grants
School safety grants provide funding for various security dangers presented to schools including drug safety, school violence, emergency response, and violence against children.
Within some grant funding, schools will be able to apply for them to help cover equipment such as mobile surveillance cameras if found to support in reducing the security challenges faced to their school, students, and staff.
Grants can be found on the School Safety website and provides all the relevant information to do with each grant, whether the application window is open, and how to apply if so.
Other grant funding in addition to the above-mentioned websites do become available throughout the year, however, may be specific to an organization or Government meaning that they cannot be predicted.
To keep ahead of these, we recommend you browse online on a regular basis and tune into Government announcements as these can include grant information that could be beneficial to you.
Why Choose WCCTV Mobile Surveillance Cameras?
WCCTV's Solar-Powered Mobile Surveillance systems deliver complete autonomy on every level, no matter the situation.
They are self-powered, with high-performance solar panels supporting an ultra-long-run battery pack, making them ideal for temporary public works construction, traffic management, off-grid illegal dumping hotspots, and public space monitoring.
Our cellular video transmission technology makes them truly wireless, meaning no internet connectivity is needed, as this is built into the Trailers.
- Deploy anywhere in minutes
- No need for power, internet, or camera mounting platforms
- 24/7/365 access via our free software
So, if you require Mobile Video Surveillance Cameras to address existing or emerging crime issues, please get in touch with WCCTV today and speak to our Law Enforcement and City Safety systems specialist.
We can provide you with more information on how our systems work, how they reduce crime, how to bid for them, and provide you with demonstrations of the equipment on request.
