Funding Programs
for 2010

The solicitation period has now closed for all programs, and that applications for all programs are currently under review.

COPS Moves Forward on Hiring

The COPS Office was recently authorized to move forward with a FY 2010 Hiring Program that will award nearly $300 million to address the full-time sworn officer needs of state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide and to increase their capacity to participate in community policing. In FY 2010, COPS will select hiring program grantees from the existing pool of approximately 6,000 2009 COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP) applications. Read More...

COPS-Supported National Re-Entry Database Goes Live

The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Council of State Governments, has launched an online Re-entry Programs Database. Read More...

POP/IACA Conference Registration Now Open

The combined Problem-Oriented Policing/International Association of Crime Analysts Conference meets in Arlington, TX Sept. 27-30
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July 1, 2010 – Leveraging Talent in the Community

Chief Michael Davis of the Brooklyn Park (MN) Police Department discusses a new initiative which brings local talent into their department’s strategic planning process. With a core group of committed citizens, the police are looking at new solutions to increase livability in the community. Read More...