DC Among Recipients of $139M Grant Funds for Law Enforcement Hiring
WASHINGTON – In a move aimed at advancing community policing, the Justice System announced today that more than $139 million in grant funding will be awarded to law enforcement agencies nationwide through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The awards will allow 183 law enforcement agencies to hire 1,066 additional full-time law enforcement professionals.
The District of Columbia government and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) were awarded $3,125,000. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said, “We are committed to providing police departments with the resources needed to help ensure community safety and build community trust.”
U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves added, “Public safety is our highest priority at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Our law enforcement partners show enormous dedication each and every day and we are pleased to support their mission through this grants program. By working with them and our community, we hope to make our neighborhoods more secure.”
The COPS Hiring Program is a competitive award program intended to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing. CHP provides funds directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new or rehire additional career law enforcement officers, thereby increasing their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Of the 183 agencies awarded grants today, approximately half will use the funding to focus on building legitimacy and trust between law enforcement and communities; 41 agencies will seek to address high rates of gun violence; 21 will focus on other areas of violence; and 19 will focus CHP resources on combating hate and domestic extremism or supporting police-based responses to persons in crisis.
Since its creation in 1994, COPS has invested more than $14 billion to advance community policing, including grants awarded to more than 13,000 state, local and Tribal law enforcement agencies to fund the hiring and redeployment of more than 135,000 officers. CHP, COPS’ flagship program, continues to be in demand today: In FY21, COPS received 590 applications requesting nearly 3,000 law enforcement positions. For FY22, President Biden has requested $537 million for CHP, an increase of $300 million.
The COPS Office is the federal component of the Justice System responsible for advancing community policing nationwide. The office was established in 1994 and has been the cornerstone of the nation’s crime fighting strategy with grants, a variety of knowledge resource products, and training and technical assistance. Through the years, the COPS Office has become the go-to organization for law enforcement agencies across the country and continues to listen to the field and provide the resources that are needed to reduce crime and build trust between law enforcement and the communities served.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Public Corruption|Weapons|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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