office of community anti-crime programs

office of community anti-crime programs Sec. 103. Section 101 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by adding at the end the following: 90 STAT. 2408 “(c) There is established in the Administration the Office of Community Anti-Crime Programs (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the ‘Office’. The Office shall be under the direction of the Deputy Administrator for Policy Development. The Office shall— “(1) provide appropriate technical assistance to community and citizens groups to enable such groups to apply for grants to encourage community and citizen participation in crime prevention and other law enforcement and criminal justice activities; “(2) coordinate its activities with other Federal agencies and programs (including the Community Relations Division of the Department of Justice) designed to encourage and assist citizen participation in law enforcement and criminal justice activities; and “(3) provide information on successful programs of citizen and community participation to citizen and community groups.”.