FY25 Community Policing Development: Supporting Agencies Seeking Accreditation

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Opportunity number
O-COPS-2025-172406
Agency
Applications due
Award size
Up to $250,000

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Law, Justice and Legal Services
Eligible applicants
  • Other
Points of contact
Full announcement

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About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is soliciting applications for the FY25 Community Policing Development Accreditation program, which aims to support law enforcement agencies in seeking accreditation and developing community policing strategies. The grant opportunity seeks to build law enforcement capacity through innovative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities. Eligible applicants include various entities, with a requirement that only one entity can serve as the primary applicant responsible for administering funding, managing the project, and monitoring compliance. Potential applicants must demonstrate the ability to develop and test innovative strategies for community policing, with a preference for proposals involving two or more entities. The application deadline is June 24, 2025, and all future awards will comply with Executive Orders focusing on law enforcement collaboration, crime prevention, and community safety.

While specific award amounts are not explicitly stated, the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program typically provides funding ranging from $40,000 to $800,000, with performance periods spanning two to five years. The place of performance will be within the jurisdiction of the recipient agencies, which can include municipal police departments, sheriff's offices, and related law enforcement organizations. Awards will support initiatives that advance community policing through partnerships, organizational transformation, and problem-solving techniques. The funding is subject to the availability of appropriated funds and may be modified by additional legal requirements. Successful applicants will demonstrate a comprehensive approach to enhancing law enforcement effectiveness and building community trust.

Synopsis

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office, https://cops.usdoj.gov is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for the FY25 Community Policing Development Accreditation: Supporting Law Enforcement Agencies in Seeking Accreditation program. Community Policing Development (CPD) funds are used to develop the capacity of law enforcement to implement community policing strategies by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities. The COPS Office welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any other entities carrying out the federal award must be identified as proposed subrecipients. The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the awards, including administering the funding, managing the entire project and monitoring compliance. The terms and conditions of the federal award are also applicable to subrecipients. Please note the distinction between a subaward that creates a financial assistance relationship to carry out a portion of the federal award and a contract that creates a procurement relationship for the purchase of goods and services needed under the federal award. To assist in making subrecipient and contractor determinations, please refer to the guidance in 2 C.F.R. § 200.331. All future awards will comply with Executive Orders and Attorney General memoranda to advance the Administration's priority of reestablishing law and order to include the increased hiring and retention of state and local sworn officers, state and local law enforcement collaboration with federal task forces, cracking down on the open use of illegal drugs, interrupting the distribution of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs, preventing crime, promoting nuisance abatement, countering human trafficking and child smuggling, and enhanced immigration enforcement and border security. All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law. As community policing is common sense policing, throughout the NOFO materials, the terms 'community policing' and 'common sense policing' are used interchangeably, unless otherwise specified.

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