Block Grant 2017DJBX0081

This federal Project Grant award of $349,108 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 enable the Spokane County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) to implement a comprehensive training program focused on Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Tactical Social Interactions (TSI). The project will train 24 SCSO field training officers and 18 first-line...

The Southern University and A&M College Police Department (SUPD) has been awarded a $350,000 federal 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 expand the SUPD's Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program by incorporating faculty, staff, and students into a multi-disciplinary CIT team. This initiative aims to...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) has awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Louisiana State University Police Department (LSPD). The funding will be used to bolster leadership skills among newly promoted law enforcement sergeants through a 4-day training program complemented by personalized coaching sessions. Participants will develop essential...

The Colorado Attorney General's Office, through the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board, received a $499,914 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 grant will be used to undertake a comprehensive project aimed at updating and enhancing the basic law enforcement training curriculum with a focus on integrating...

The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office will use a $195,442 grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's COPS Office Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to provide a 40-hour in-person Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training program. Over the 2-year grant period, the county plans to send a majority of its deputies through this Minnesota CIT-developed course, which covers topics such as mental illness, de-escalation techniques, and working with...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Training, Inc. (IADLEST) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The purpose of this 24-month project is to modernize the Code of Police Ethics and establish a national model standard for law enforcement ethics. IADLEST will convene a working group of...

This $349,007 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 enable the Lynn Police Department to implement two de-escalation training courses for its officers. The funded training includes Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics De-Escalation Training (ICAT) and Crisis Intervention Training (CIT). The grant, with a...

The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) will use this $794,772 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office, under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), to provide Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics (ICAT) de-escalation training. PERF will host these ICAT training sessions at their facility in Decatur, IL, as well as send ICAT instructors directly to agencies...

The Aventura Police Department (APD) will use $350,000 in FY24 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) to deliver the CREST program. The CREST program is an 80-hour training designed to improve safety and outcomes of police encounters with individuals suffering from mental health disorders, substance use issues, and intellectual disabilities. The training...

The Overland Park Police Department in Overland Park, Kansas will utilize a $232,154 grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program to enhance its crisis intervention and behavioral health services. Specifically, the funding will allow the police department to achieve Crisis Intervention Team agency certification, hire two additional co-responders to provide around-the-clock crisis response, and send two crisis intervention team members to relevant...