This $375,000 Project Grant award from 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) will enable the City of Mendota, CA to enhance its community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The grant will fund the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers, with the anticipated outcomes including increased community partnerships,...
The City of Madera, California will receive $500,000 from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program to hire additional career law enforcement officers through September 2027. The purpose of the COPS Hiring Program grant award is to advance community policing through new law enforcement hires who will increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity to prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The COPS Office's Public Safety Partnership and...
The City of Fresno received a $1.5 million project grant award 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) to hire additional career law enforcement officers. Funding will be used from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2027 to increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity and advance the practice of community policing through crime prevention...
This $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (CFDA 16.710 - Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants) to the City of San Luis Obispo, CA supports the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers. The goal is to increase the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts through planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess...
The City of San Bernardino Police Department was awarded a $3.3 million project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program to support community policing efforts through September 2026. The funding will support the COPS Office's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), which provides resources to law enforcement agencies to develop partnerships and proactively address public safety through community...
This federal Project Grant award of $250,000.00 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 (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant funding will support the Monterey Police Department in developing and implementing community policing strategies, with a focus on enhancing public safety through collaborative partnerships, improving officer crisis response capabilities, and...
The City of Corcoran will use a $125,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to hire additional career law enforcement officers. The purpose of the COPS Hiring Program grant is to advance community policing through law enforcement staffing. Specifically, grant funds will support the hiring and rehiring of police to increase the jurisdiction's capacity for community policing strategies that prevent and disrupt crime and...
The City of Parlier, California will receive $575,844 under a five-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The grant will allow the City to hire additional career law enforcement officers through September 2027 to advance its community policing efforts. Specifically, grant funds will be used to increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity by hiring and rehiring law enforcement personnel necessary to prevent and...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded a $2.5 million Project Grant to the City of Anaheim Police Department through the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will support the implementation of community policing strategies between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2026. As defined by the COPS Office, community policing entails developing partnerships between law enforcement agencies...
The City of San Antonio received a $6,250,000 Project Grant award from 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. The grant funding will support the City's efforts to enhance community policing capacity and crime prevention initiatives over a 5-year period from October 2024 to September 2029. Key anticipated outcomes include increased officer engagement in...
This federal Project Grant award of $375,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program (CFDA 16.710) to the City of Avenal, California. The grant funding will allow the Avenal Police Department to hire and deploy three additional community-oriented police officers to enhance public safety and community engagement efforts in Avenal, a small, rural city facing challenges related to violent crime, gang activity, and narcotics offenses. The awarded officers will focus on improving public trust and legitimacy through training in de-escalation, cultural competency, and procedural justice, enhancing community engagement via town hall meetings and outreach, and strengthening public safety and crime prevention through proactive patrols and education programs. This initiative aligns with the COPS program's objectives of advancing community policing strategies and building stronger partnerships between law enforcement and the communities they serve.