Project Grant 15JCOPS21GG02461SPPS
- The City of Baltimore received a $199,900 project grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office to upgrade its law enforcement training simulator system. The grant, awarded under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, will provide funding to replace and modernize the city's existing training simulator used for de-escalation instruction of police recruits and in-service officers. Upgrading the aged simulator equipment...
- The Baltimore Police Department received a $500,000 Project Grant award under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. The grant will fund the integration of key de-escalation concepts from programs such as Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT), Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE), and Insight Policing Conflict Resolution for Law...
- The City of Buckeye Police Department was awarded a $250,000 project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Program to implement a whole agency training effort in de-escalation, implicit bias, and duty to intervene. Under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, the BPD will develop a de-escalation training center including the purchase of a VirTra scenario simulator and creation of program materials and tools. The goal is to...
- This $153,255 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program, will enable the Melrose Police Department to implement a virtual reality (VR) training program. The program aims to improve officer de-escalation tactics, enhance responses to mental health crises, and manage other stressful situations, with the goal of reducing confrontations and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The San Diego Police Department received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion deadline of September 30, 2027. The grant funds the development and implementation of a virtual reality (VR) training system designed to provide immersive, scenario-based instruction...
- This Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program will provide $149,287.11 to Gloucester Township to support its Professional Development Bureau through September 2022 to August 2024. Specifically, the funding will allow the Bureau to utilize virtual reality technology and a nationally-certified de-escalation curriculum, known as VirTra's Virtual Interactive Coursework and Training Academy program, to supplement the...
- The Jacksonville Police Department received a $207,136 Project Grant awarded October 1, 2025, by the 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 funds the implementation of an immersive virtual reality (VR) training program designed to enhance officer competencies in de-escalation, crisis response, disability awareness, and service referrals. The program will be...
- Grant Award Summary The Salt Lake City Corporation received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The grant funds a comprehensive de-escalation training initiative designed to enhance the Salt Lake City Police Department's capacity to build and maintain officer proficiency in de-escalation...
- The City of Dallas has been awarded a $792,862 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738). The funding will be used to enhance the de-escalation training curriculum of the Dallas Police Department by integrating virtual reality (VR) technology. The goal is to rebuild public trust and improve relationships between the police and the community by equipping officers with effective...
- The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, D.C. received an $800,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (CFDA 16.738). The grant will fund the development of an evidence-based training program in crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques, focusing on interactions with individuals experiencing behavioral health or intellectual/developmental disorders....
The Baltimore County Police Department was awarded a $199,052 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Program to enhance its de-escalation training. The grant will fund the purchase, installation, and implementation of one fixed and two portable virtual reality training systems to expand the Department's capabilities to provide specialized instruction and community training on de-escalation and use of force policy from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The virtual reality systems will allow mobile training teams to bring scenario-based de-escalation training to law enforcement and the community across Baltimore County. This funding will support the program's goal of developing collaborative partnerships to address public safety through community policing strategies.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $199.1k | 10/12/21 |