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• Secretary Brown names 2 to Juvenile Justice posts
  Friday, October 31, 2008
  Justice and Public Safety Secretary J. Michael Brown today announced two appointments to top posts within the Department of Juvenile Justice. Ron Haws, who has served as Acting Commissioner since January, has been promoted to Commissioner for the department, and A. Hasan Davis has been named Deputy Commissioner in charge of operations.
• Justice Cabinet awards more than $5.3 million in grants to crime victims' groups
  Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown announced today the cabinet has awarded more than $5.3 million in grants to provide crisis intervention, advocacy, counseling, shelter and other assistance to victims of crime. The money is allocated through the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), which relies on criminal fines, forfeitures and assessments instead of taxpayer dollars to support victim services.
• Justice & Public Safety Cabinet awards more than $340,000 to aid local substance abuse prevention efforts
  Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet today announced the award of 54 federal grants totaling more than $340,000 to local substance abuse and violence prevention coalitions. The grant money will fund Champions Coalitions – made up of local leaders, educators, professionals and concerned citizens – throughout the state.
• Sherre Smith-Jones named new Deputy Commissioner at DJJ
  Friday, August 22, 2008
  Justice and Public Safety Secretary J. Michael Brown today announced the appointment of Sherre Smith-Jones to the newly created Deputy Commissioner of Community and Mental Health Services position at the Department of Juvenile Justice.
• Criminal Justice Council to hold demonstration on GPS monitoring
  Thursday, August 14, 2008
  The Kentucky Criminal Justice Council will demonstrate how ankle bracelets equipped with GPS technology will be used to monitor certain inmates completing their sentence on home incarceration. The demonstration will begin at 2 p.m. Monday in Room C105 of the Transportation Cabinet Conference Center, 200 Mero Street, Frankfort.
• Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse Policy to hold public hearing
  Thursday, August 14, 2008
  The Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse Policy will hold its annual public hearing to gather comments on the use, distribution and awarding of funds allocated to the KY-ASAP Program from the Kentucky Health Care Improvement Authority (Tobacco Settlement Funds, Phase I and Phase II).
• Criminal Justice Council’s Penal Code Committee to meet August 13
  Tuesday, August 12, 2008
  The Kentucky Criminal Justice Council’s Penal Code Committee will hold its next meeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday, August 13, 2008.
• Criminal Justice Council’s 218A Committee to meet August 13
  Friday, August 08, 2008
  The Kentucky Criminal Justice Council’s 218A Committee, dealing with the state’s laws on controlled substances, will hold its next meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 13, 2008.
• Justice & Public Safety Cabinet awards $3.1 million to aid law enforcement
  Wednesday, July 23, 2008
  The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet today announced the award of 48 federal and state grants totaling nearly $3.1 million to police departments, sheriff’s departments and other criminal justice agencies. The grant money will help police officers and criminal justice professionals protect families against drunken driving, drugs and other crimes.
• Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement to become division of KSP
  Tuesday, July 15, 2008
  Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement (KVE) will become a division of the Kentucky State Police under an executive order signed today by Gov. Steve Beshear, returning KVE to its core mission while allowing the two agencies to combine law enforcement resources and create cost-saving efficiencies.
• Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement honors officers; Anthony Bersaglia named Officer of the Year
  Wednesday, June 04, 2008
  In the four years he's been an officer with the Department of Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement, Anthony Bersaglia has built a reputation among his colleagues for his determination and dedication to the job. A former deputy sheriff and conservation officer, he generates an activity level that, according to his commanders, no one else can reach, was selected to be a firearms instructor within his first year with the department, and is a double recipient of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Award for Officer, which recognizes an officer for his or her dedication to commercial vehicle safety. “He is known as a man who sincerely reaches out to help those in need and help protect those who have entrusted their safety with him,” said Capt. Phillip Frazier, who coordinated the awards program. “He makes himself available to other officers and citizens, even when he is not on duty.” In honor of those achievements, KVE presented Bersaglia the 2007 Jason Cammack Officer of the Year Award, bestowing on him KVE's highest award, which recognizes “what a police officer should represent in his professional and personal life.”
• KVE Commissioner Greg Howard announces retirement
  Wednesday, June 04, 2008
  Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement Commissioner Greg Howard today announced his retirement from the agency he has headed since it gained department status in 2004.