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The Department of Criminal Justice Training announced the graduation of 24 students from Public Safety Dispatch Academy Class 170, continuing Kentucky's efforts to develop trained emergency communication personnel.
Gov. Beshear's administration has opened applications for $386,000 in grant funding to support youth crime prevention programs across Kentucky through the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.
Gov. Beshear has certified Clark, Johnson, Madison and Mason counties as Recovery Ready Communities, recognizing their coordinated efforts in substance abuse prevention and recovery support initiatives.
Kentucky's recidivism rate has declined for the second straight year, according to Gov. Beshear and the state Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, suggesting that the administration's rehabilitation and reentry programs are helping to reduce repeat offenses.
Kentucky's VINE victim notification system has been restored following a temporary outage that prevented crime victims from receiving alerts about offender releases and court proceedings.