Crime

Office of Gun Violence Prevention Allocated $2 Million; Person to Lead Office to be Announced Jan. 18

The Office of Gun Violence Prevention has been allocated $2 million over a four-year period and the person to head that office has been selected but the name will be revealed on January 18 by Governor Albert Bryan. Jenifer O’Neal, director of the V.I. Office of Management and Budget made the disclosure to the Committee on Disaster Recovery and Infrastructure during a Wednesday hearing when she provided the committee with an overview and a detailed update on the proposed plan submitted for federal funding under the American Rescue Plan Act. An opening for the director position for the Office of Gun Violence Prevention was still active on the V.I. Division of Personnel website as of Friday morning. “This $2 million will be spread over four years,” Ms. O'Neal said while confirming that the Police Department will not benefit directly from that funding. “It is $2 million for the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to deal with the staffing and the programs that will be coming from that off...