Friday, January 28, 2000
Sheriff goes after grants
BY JANE PRENDERGAST
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — The Kenton County Sheriff's Department soon will apply for its first federal grants, something it has been unable to do for at least a decade.
To be eligible for federal money, law enforcement agencies have to comply with Kentucky law that requires them to file annual crime statistics for compilation into the FBI's Uniform Crime Report.
Previous sheriff's administrations had not done that.
Deputies for Sheriff Chuck Korzenborn, in office a year, discovered the issue a few months ago when they began to look for supplemental funding for new ideas.
Among applications in the works is one that would help the office with its Megan's Law duty to notify neighborhoods of the presence of convicted sex offenders.
“These grants are an incentive for us to put these numbers together,” Chief Deputy Ron Washington said. “We plan to apply for money for several things.”
All law enforcement agencies across the country are asked to file their numbers. Some don't. Federal law does not mandate it. Kentucky law does, said Lt. Kevin Payne, spokesman for the Kentucky State Police.
State law does not, however, wield sanctions for departments that don't comply. States forward the numbers to the FBI for analysis.
“I guess the biggest sanction is what Kenton County just ran into,” Lt. Payne said.
His records show the Kenton County Sheriff's De partment had not reported any numbers since 1989.
That does not mean, however, violent crime went unreported.
Historically, the Kenton County sheriff has not handled major cases or investigations.
In Kentucky, sheriffs can undertake law enforcement, but do not have to do so. In past years, the office de-emphasized law enforcement in favor of its other duties, including tax collection and vehicle inspections.
Five hundred agencies in Kentucky are supposed to file the reports. Not all do, but Lt. Payne did not know how many.
The Campbell and Boone county sheriffs do, according to 1997 statistics, the most recent set of numbers available from the Kentucky State Police.
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