Project Grant 2010DJBX0707

The Town of Bladensburg received a $625,000 Project Grant award on October 1, 2024 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CFDA 16.710). This grant funding supports the town's efforts to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in order to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention initiatives. The anticipated outcomes include greater engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of...

The Baltimore Police Department received a $500,000 Project Grant award under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. The grant will fund the integration of key de-escalation concepts from programs such as Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT), Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE), and Insight Policing Conflict Resolution for Law...

The Town of Blades was awarded a $125,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant will be used to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers to increase the town's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The anticipated outcomes of the award include engagement in planned community partnerships,...

The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) was awarded a $161,049 federal Project Grant under the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program (CFDA 16.710) to support public safety initiatives in Broward County, Florida. The grant will fund approximately 1,075 overtime outreach hours to enhance support, particularly during non-traditional hours, for the 2,800-plus unhoused persons in Broward County. This effort aims to steer homeless individuals toward social...

The City of Seat Pleasant, Maryland will receive $2.125 million under a five-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The purpose of the award is to support the COPS Hiring Program, which aims to advance community policing through additional law enforcement staffing. Specifically, grant funds will be used by the City of Seat Pleasant Police Department to hire and rehire career law officers, increasing community policing...

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards (CFDA 16.753) program. The grant will fund the acquisition and implementation of a new digital high-definition Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR)/camera system for the agency's air support unit helicopter. The purpose is to replace the existing outdated analog FLIR/camera system to improve the quality of aerial...

The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) was awarded a $437,375 Project Grant from the Executive Office of the President's Office of the National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) under the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program (CFDA 95.001). The grant funds will support BSO's coordinated law enforcement activities, information sharing platforms, specialized task force operations, and strategic interdiction efforts targeting drug trafficking organizations in the Florida region. The...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) supports a multifaceted approach to combat fentanyl-related violent crime in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana capital region. Key components of the 3-year project include: Proactive intelligence gathering and analysis using advanced surveillance technologies, overtime, and interagency partnerships to identify and disrupt fentanyl...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded $834,000 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) federal grant program to Prince George's County Maryland on March 15, 2022. The two-year project grant funding will support the acquisition of effective equipment, technologies, and interoperable communications to assist law enforcement in Prince George's County in responding to and preventing crime....

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $268,855 Formula Grant under the Project Safe Neighborhoods (CFDA 16.609) program to the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy (GOCPP), the fiscal agent for the State of Maryland. This 3-year grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will support GOCPP's efforts to combat violent crime, particularly gun and gang-related violence, across Maryland. The funding will enable GOCPP to coordinate with the U.S. Attorney's...