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The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded $359,591 to the Fort Worth Independent School District under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding will support the School Violence Prevention Program to improve security at schools and on school grounds through evidence-based programs and technology. Specifically, the Fort Worth Independent School...

The City of Lewisville Police Department will receive $121,744 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program. The grant funding is part of the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) and will be used to hire additional career law enforcement officers to enhance the jurisdiction's community policing capacity through September 2027. The purpose of hiring additional law enforcement...

The City of Arlington Police Department was awarded $103,975.87 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program by the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program to expand recruitment efforts. Specifically, the grant will fund out-of-state in-person interviews to reach a more geographically diverse pool of candidates, expand the department's marketing campaign, and attend the 2023 Police Recruitment and Retention Summit. The...

This $262,344 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) will fund the Waxahachie Police Department's implementation of an enhanced Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model. This two-year project aims to provide immediate support and connection to resources for citizens experiencing crises involving mental/behavioral health...

The City of Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) received a $758,653 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.738 - Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program) to enhance de-escalation training through the use of virtual reality technology. The grant will fund the purchase of VR-based equipment, establish a research and community partnership to develop and evaluate the training curriculum, implement the curriculum for officers and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $374,999 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Lufkin Independent School District in Lufkin, Texas. The funding will be used to implement evidence-based programs to improve school security and promote a positive learning environment at schools within the district's jurisdiction. The award aims to enhance safety and...

The City of Lewisville received a $375,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CFDA 16.710). The grant funding is intended to support the city's efforts to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in order to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention activities. The anticipated outcomes of the COPS Hiring Program award include the city's engagement in planned community...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the City of Houston Police Department (HPD) and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston (BGCGH). The funding will support the implementation of the Positive Encounters project, which aims to build trust between HPD and the local community by engaging 300 or more youth in economically...

The City of Austin was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding will be used to support two full-time project coordinators and sworn officer overtime to complete activities that will result in accreditation through the Texas Police Chiefs Association Foundation (TPCAF). The goal of the project is to enhance...

The City of Pharr Police Department in Pharr, Texas was awarded a $1.25 million project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The grant will support the COPS Hiring Program and allow the City of Pharr Police Department to enhance public safety and community trust through the implementation of community policing strategies over the five-year grant period ending...