Newtown Township Bucks County

Newtown Township Bucks County Police Department, doing business as Newtown Township, is a U.S. local government entity in Pennsylvania that receives federal grant awards as a prime recipient and sub-recipient to fund emergency response and public safety capabilities. The department does not hold federal contracts and does not appear on any government-wide acquisition vehicles; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-based, with work performed at the municipal level in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

Newtown Township operates as a sub-recipient for the vast majority of its recent federal funding — three of four awards (75% of total) — with the Crime and Delinquency Pennsylvania Commission on as the prime grantee. The department's customer base comprises two federal agencies: the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (three awards, sub-recipient role) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards (one award, prime recipient role). The department's only prime grant award is a $1.556953 million Project Grant from FEMA under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program (CFDA 97.083), awarded September 15, 2023, to enhance staffing and operational readiness for emergency response. Under that prime award, the department is to hire new firefighters or recruit and retain volunteer firefighters over a multi-year period.

In its sub-recipient role, the Newtown Police Department has received three sub-awards from the Crime and Delinquency Pennsylvania Commission on (dated October 25, 2022 [two awards] and November 22, 2024) to acquire and implement integrated body-worn camera and in-car video systems, with associated cloud storage, charging infrastructure, wireless access points, and installation services. Each sub-award carries a $250,000 value. Activity is sparse — one award per year in 2023 and 2024, with two awards in 2022 — and combined obligated dollars total $1.8 million across all four awards.