Overview
The Cal EMA Public Safety and Victims Services (PSVS) Division is comprised of two branches, the Public Safety Branch and the Victims Services Branch. These branches administer more than $192 million in state and federal funds annually, in support of approximately 70 law enforcement and victim services programs. Recipients of these programs are law enforcement, prosecutors, probation departments, community-based organizations, and non-governmental agencies.
- Public Safety Branch
Within the Public Safety Branch are the Crime Suppression, Gang Violence, Drug Enforcement, and the Public Safety Procurement Sections. These program areas concentrate on, but are not limited to, the grant funding of criminal justice programs that address gang activity, the support of multi-jurisdictional drug task forces, identity theft, targeting criminals and reducing illegal drug activities.
- Victim Services Branch
Within the Victims Services Branch are the Children's, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Victim/Witness Sections. This Branch provides funding to programs serving victims of crime in California, including but not limited to, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and all violent crime types. Working with community stakeholders, the Victim Services Branch partners with Tribal Governments, law enforcement, district attorney offices, Courts and community based organizations in an effort to provide quality services to all victims in the aftermath of crime.
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