President Lyndon Johnson signs the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 into law, establishing the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. Charles Rogovin heads its 25-person staff and $63 million planning, grant-making and research budget.
As part of the Safe Streets Act, OLEA merges into LEAA to continue funding law enforcement agencies and research projects.
The National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, a forerunner of NIJ, and the National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service, the predecessor of BJS, are also created.
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President Lyndon Johnson signs into law the Obmibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, establishing the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. Charles Rogovin heads its 25-person staff and $63 million planning, grant-making and research budget. The new law codifies the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, a forerunner of the National Institute of Justice.