The purpose of the cops office school violence prevention program (svpp) is to improve security at schools and on school grounds through school safety programs and technology

The Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program awarded North Tippah Consolidated School District $182,865 on October 1, 2025, under the School Violence Prevention Program (CFDA 16.071) to implement evidence-based school safety improvements at schools in Falkner, Mississippi.

The district will use funding for coordination with local law enforcement, training for law enforcement officers to prevent student violence, placement of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, and acquisition and installation of emergency notification technology. The award covers a three-year period of performance ending September 30, 2028. The School Violence Prevention Program provides funding to states, units of local government, and their public agencies to improve security at schools and on school grounds through evidence-based safety programs, with eligible uses including any measure the COPS Office Director determines may provide significant improvement in security. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 financial reports, participate in award monitoring activities conducted by the COPS Office and Office of the Inspector General, and comply with nonsupplanting requirements.

Funding under this award program will be used by the school jurisdiction to implement evidence-based programs to improve school security.