42 U.S.C. § 3765
Section 3765 · Crime prevention campaign grant
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Hyatt v. Commonwealth (2002)
Most recently applied in DONALDSON v. CITY OF EL RENO (February 2025)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Attorney General may provide a grant to a national private, nonprofit organization that has expertise in promoting crime prevention through public outreach and media campaigns in coordination with law enforcement agencies and other local government officials, and representatives of community public interest organizations, including schools and youth-serving organizations, faith-based, and victims’ organizations and employers.
To request a grant under this section, an organization described in subsection (a) shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may require.
An organization that receives a grant under this section shall—
(1) create and promote national public communications campaigns;
(2) develop and distribute publications and other educational materials that promote crime prevention;
(3) design and maintain web sites and related web-based materials and tools;
(4) design and deliver training for law enforcement personnel, community leaders, and other partners in public safety and hometown security initiatives;
(5) design and deliver technical assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and crime prevention practitioners and associations;
(6) coordinate a coalition of Federal, national, and statewide organizations and communities supporting crime prevention;
(7) design, deliver, and assess demonstration programs;
(8) operate McGruff-related programs, including McGruff Club;
(9) operate the Teens, Crime, and Community Program; and
(10) evaluate crime prevention programs and trends.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
(1) for fiscal year 2007, $7,000,000;
(2) for fiscal year 2008, $8,000,000;
(3) for fiscal year 2009, $9,000,000; and
(4) for fiscal year 2010, $10,000,000.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Prior Provisions
For prior section 519 of Pub. L. 90–351 and prior sections 3765 of this title, see note set out preceding section 3750 of this title.