Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The City of Owensboro received a $125,000 Project Grant from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), Department of Justice, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. This five-year award supports the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to enhance the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention capabilities.

Under this award, Owensboro City Building will implement community policing initiatives including planned community partnerships, problem analysis and assessment projects, and personnel and agency management changes designed to support sustained community policing activities. The funding enables the organization to expand its law enforcement workforce dedicated to community engagement while strengthening the city's overall public safety infrastructure. Award recipients are subject to semiannual programmatic performance reporting, quarterly financial reporting, and ongoing monitoring by the COPS Office to ensure compliance with grant requirements and successful implementation of community policing strategies.