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The City of Chicago Heights, Illinois was awarded a $500,000 project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office to support the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. This five-year award beginning October 1, 2021 will allow the City to deliver community policing strategies and collaborative partnerships between law enforcement and community members to develop solutions to public safety issues. Through organizational...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of 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 Houston Police Department (HPD) in partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston (BGCGH). The grant will support the next phase of implementation for the Positive Encounters Project, a trust-building initiative that will serve 300 or more sixth through ninth...

This Project Grant award of $375,000 was provided by 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 funding will support the Borough of Highland Park, NJ in hiring and/or rehiring additional career law enforcement officers to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes include engagement in planned...

This $382,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), will support police training, equipment purchases, and officer residency incentives in Highland Park, Michigan from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. The City of Highland Park will use the funding to improve local law enforcement operations and promote community safety. By offering police officers the opportunity to...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded $375,000 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) federal grant program to the Village of Forest Park, Illinois. The funding will support the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. Consistent with the goals of the Community Oriented Policing Program, the additional officers will be used to...

The Town of Forest Heights, Maryland will receive $500,000 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, the Town will use the funding to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers through September 2026 to expand its community policing capacity and prevent and...

This Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program totals $124,850 to support community policing initiatives in Chicago, Illinois through August 31, 2023. Funded under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, the City of Chicago as prime recipient and its Mayor's Office as a sub-awardee will deliver services to develop partnerships and implement problem-solving techniques between law enforcement and...

The City of Houston Police Department was awarded a $6.25 million project grant from the Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to advance the practice of community policing. Funding under this award will support the hire and rehire of additional career law enforcement officers through October 2027 to increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity and prevent and disrupt crime and violence. As the direct awardee, the Houston...

The City of Houston Police Department was awarded a $6.25 million 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) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Funding will support the implementation of community policing strategies and the development of partnerships between the Houston Police Department and the communities it...

The Houston Police Department was awarded a $175,000 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 grant funding will be used to create and implement a comprehensive recruitment and retention program to restore the department's personnel strength to authorized levels. Key activities include in-person recruiting events, promotion of the...