Earmark - To improve the functioning of the criminal justice system and enforce state and local laws

Agency:		Department of Justice
Bureau:		Office of Justice Programs
Account:		State and local law enforcement assistance (15-0404)
Certifying Official:		Deputy Director, OBMS
Contact Information:		http://WWW.USDOJ.GOV 202-514-2007

To improve the functioning of the criminal justice system and enforce state and local laws - Child Safe Personalized Weapon, NJ.

1 recipient will receive $987,000. This is a first-time earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Code: 30

Description: The New Jersey Institute of Technology has developed and demonstrated a technology for user identification based upon biometric determination using Dynamic Grip Recognition (DGR). It has direct applicability to safeguarding weapons from unauthorized use, accidental discharge and illegal transfer and it is a key technology towards the development of a child-proof smart gun. The goal of this proposal is construct a prototype demonstrator. It includes all of the previous recipients of NIJ funding and leverages their experience and developments leading to electronic safety systems for use in handguns. NJIT seeks this funding to bring biometric-based user authentication technology to a point where commercial development can proceed using a common, proven approach applied to the broadest set of weapons and suppliers.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
New Jersey Institute of Technology (75162990)	$987		Public Educational Institution	University Heights Newark, NJ

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: Pub. L. No. 108-447

Method: User entered excerpt

Citation Excerpt: $1,000,000 for the Child Safe Personalized Weapon, New Jersey's Institute of Technology;

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007