Federal Grant Award Summary

The City of Buckeye received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), administered by the U.S. Department of Justice under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068), awarded on October 1, 2025. This five-year award, with a completion date of September 30, 2030, funds the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to enhance the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.

The anticipated deliverables under this award include the establishment and engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of problem analysis and assessment projects, and organizational changes to personnel and agency management systems that support community policing initiatives. The COPS Office expects the funded officers to increase the City of Buckeye Police Department's capacity to conduct community-oriented policing activities. As a condition of the award, the city must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, participate in COPS Office monitoring activities, and maintain all financial records for three years following award conclusion.