Project Grant 15JCOPS21GG02299SPPS

The City of Dover, Delaware will receive $375,000 through September 2027 from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to hire additional career law enforcement officers. Funding will support increasing the jurisdiction's community policing capacity to prevent and disrupt crime and violence through the hire or rehire of law enforcement personnel. The COPS Office aims to enhance...

The City of Dover, New Hampshire will receive $250,000 through September 2027 under a Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Program. The funding supports the COPS Hiring Program and will allow the City to hire additional career law enforcement officers to advance its community policing efforts. Through the grant, the Dover Police Department will increase its community policing capacity to prevent and disrupt crime and violence by developing...

This federal Project Grant award of $125,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will fund the Cheswold Police Department in Dover, DE to enhance their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Key anticipated outcomes include increased engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to...

The Town of Smyrna Police Department was awarded a $125,000 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 period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026 and will support the Smyrna Police Department's implementation of community policing strategies and collaborative problem solving with community partners. Through this funding, the Smyrna Police...

The Community Oriented Policing Program (COPS) within the Department of Justice awarded $300,000 to the Executive Office of the Governor of Delaware, operating as the Criminal Justice Council, on October 1, 2025, under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The award funds the Delaware Statewide Law Enforcement Accreditation Project, which will procure and implement a statewide learning and record management (LMS/RMS) system to modernize Delaware's...

The Sayreville Police Department was awarded a $175,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). Funding will be used to hire four social workers who will rotate among the Sayreville, South Amboy, and South River Police Departments to connect individuals in crisis with social services before issues escalate. The social workers will also...

The Chattanooga Police Department (CPD) was awarded a $199,424 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The funding will be used from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026 to expand the department's counseling, peer support, and critical stress incident training services. It will also support CPD's annual attendance at the IACP Mental Health...

The County of Dorchester, Maryland will receive $625,000 under a five-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The grant funds will support the COPS Hiring Program, which aims to advance community policing through additional law enforcement staffing. Specifically, Dorchester County will use the funding to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers, increasing its community policing capacity. This aligns with the COPS...

The City of Biddeford Police Department was awarded a $125,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding will support the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027 to advance the practice of community policing in Biddeford, Maine. The COPS Hiring Program aims to...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $200,000 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grant (CFDA 16.710) to the County of Ulster, New York to expand and coordinate its existing wellness unit for the entire first responder community in Ulster County. The funding will support the hiring of a social worker to serve as a resource specialist within the wellness unit, with responsibilities to: 1) identify existing wellness...