Funding from the cops safer outcomes program will provide the MSP with the opportunity to integrate enhanced DE-escalation and crisis response training and concepts throughout the massachusetts…

The Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awarded the Massachusetts State Police Department five hundred thousand dollars on October 1, 2025, under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to integrate enhanced de-escalation and crisis response training throughout the Massachusetts State Police Academy curriculum. The funding supports overtime costs to staff the initiative and acquisition of virtual reality training technology. The award runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance at Framingham, Massachusetts. The State Police Department identified state funding constraints and limited personnel resources as impediments to these enhancements without grant support.

Funding from the cops safer outcomes program will provide the MSP with the opportunity to integrate enhanced DE-escalation and crisis response training and concepts throughout the massachusetts state police academy curriculum. The MSP is faced with both state funding constraints and limited personnel resources that impede our ability to make these enhancements without grant support. This funding would enable US to provide overtime to ensure the personnel resources are available to implement the initiative and will also enable US to increase and improve our technological resources, including the provision of virtual reality training.