Project Grant 15JCOPS25GG00857DETX
- The City of Buckeye Police Department was awarded a $250,000 project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Program to implement a whole agency training effort in de-escalation, implicit bias, and duty to intervene. Under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, the BPD will develop a de-escalation training center including the purchase of a VirTra scenario simulator and creation of program materials and tools. The goal is to...
- The City of Buckeye received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2030. This five-year grant funds the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to expand the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The anticipated outcomes of this award include...
- Grant Award Summary The Salt Lake City Corporation received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The grant funds a comprehensive de-escalation training initiative designed to enhance the Salt Lake City Police Department's capacity to build and maintain officer proficiency in de-escalation...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The San Diego Police Department received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion deadline of September 30, 2027. The grant funds the development and implementation of a virtual reality (VR) training system designed to provide immersive, scenario-based instruction...
- The City of Tallahassee was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant funding will be used to integrate virtual reality (VR) technology into the training program for the Tallahassee Police Department. This will allow officers to experience a wider range of scenario-based interactions and gain the ability to replay...
- The Baltimore County Police Department was awarded a $199,052 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Program to enhance its de-escalation training. The grant will fund the purchase, installation, and implementation of one fixed and two portable virtual reality training systems to expand the Department's capabilities to provide specialized instruction and community training on de-escalation and...
- The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) awarded on October 1, 2025. The grant funds the development and delivery of Crisis Negotiation Training for Patrol Officers (CNT-PO), an 8-hour training program designed to equip approximately 720 patrol officers with advanced de-escalation tactics and...
- This $153,255 Project Grant, awarded 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, will enable the Melrose Police Department to implement a virtual reality (VR) training program. The program aims to improve officer de-escalation tactics, enhance responses to mental health crises, and manage other stressful situations, with the goal of reducing confrontations and...
- The City of Passaic was awarded a $350,000 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 (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant funding will support the Passaic Police Department (PPD) in developing and implementing a comprehensive, agency-wide strategy utilizing cutting-edge, multiparticipant, and fully immersive virtual reality (VR) training modules. These VR...
- The City of Baltimore received a $199,900 project grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office to upgrade its law enforcement training simulator system. The grant, awarded under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, will provide funding to replace and modernize the city's existing training simulator used for de-escalation instruction of police recruits and in-service officers. Upgrading the aged simulator equipment...
The City of Buckeye received a $269,166 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) on October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The grant funds the acquisition and implementation of an advanced Virtual Reality (VR) simulation training tool featuring expanded use-of-force options that more closely mirror real-world scenarios officers may encounter. This VR system will be deployed across the Buckeye Police Department's sworn officers, dispatchers, and non-sworn personnel to enhance de-escalation training and crisis response capabilities. The grant also provides funding for a dedicated Training Coordinator position to oversee VR simulator operations and de-escalation training curriculum. This staffing addition will strengthen the department's existing Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program—currently comprising two teams with licensed mental health clinicians paired with sworn officers—and support mandatory crisis intervention and de-escalation training across the agency. The comprehensive approach aligns with BPD's broader operational priority of de-escalation in all calls for service, particularly when responding to persons in crisis.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $269.2k | 10/10/25 |