The Sanford City Hall was awarded a $625,000 Project Grant on October 1, 2024 under the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). This funding will support Sanford's efforts to increase its community policing capacity and crime prevention activities. Key anticipated outcomes include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity for the Sanford Police Department to carry out community policing initiatives. The grant award is part of the COPS Hiring Program (CHP), which provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional officers to enhance their community policing efforts.
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