The City of Springfield was awarded a $1,300,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant will fund two key interventions to increase access to substance use treatment and services for homeless and justice-involved individuals in Springfield, Massachusetts: 1) A multidisciplinary homeless outreach team comprising a behavioral health clinician and police...
The City of Chicago received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program on March 15, 2022 to support technology and equipment acquisitions through September 30, 2024. Funded under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), this award will allow the City to improve law enforcement effectiveness and information sharing between police and the communities they serve by developing and acquiring...
The City of Springdale, Ohio was awarded a $121,190 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program on September 1, 2021, with completion by August 31, 2023. The grant aims to support the City of Springdale's community policing efforts through collaborative partnerships and organizational strategies that promote proactive problem solving to address public safety issues. As...
The City of Salem was awarded a $113,400 Project Grant 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 funding will be used to rent community spaces throughout the city and hire additional instructors to expand the police department's Procedural Justice Training Program. The goal of the program is to strengthen public trust and confidence in the department...
The City of Sumter Police Department in South Carolina received a $246,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services program to develop and acquire technology and equipment that assists in responding to and preventing crime. Funded through the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, the award will support projects specified in the Joint Explanatory Statement - Division B to improve police effectiveness and information sharing...
The City of Winston-Salem Police Department was awarded a $273,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program on March 15, 2022 to support the acquisition of technology and equipment through September 30, 2024. The funding will assist the agency in developing and obtaining effective technologies and interoperable communications to improve response and prevention of crime. As outlined in the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants...
The City of Rose Hill Police Department received a $105,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services program on March 15, 2022 to support technology and equipment acquisitions through September 30, 2024. The Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program aims to enhance law enforcement effectiveness and build capacity for community policing strategies through funding for equipment, technologies, and interoperable communications...
The Town of Greenfield, Massachusetts will receive $375,000 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program. The funding supports the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), which aims to advance community policing through law enforcement staffing. Specifically, the Town of Greenfield will use the award to hire additional career law enforcement officers from October 2022 through...
The Town of Salem Police Department in Salem, New Hampshire received a $125,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program to support community policing efforts from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. The funding will support the implementation of organizational strategies and community partnerships that align with the goals of the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program to develop collaborative...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded a $3,125,000 Project Grant to the Government of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department on October 1, 2021 through the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant aims to support the implementation of community policing strategies through September 30, 2026. Specifically, the funding will allow the Metropolitan Police Department to...