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Methamphetamine Initiatives
COPS Methamphetamine grants help state and local law enforcement agencies
reduce the production, distribution, and use of methamphetamine. COPS
Methamphetamine grants awarded since 1998 total more than $448 million. These
innovative community policing grants encourage recipients to develop
partnerships with such entities as community leaders, local fire departments,
drug courts, prosecutors, child protective services, treatment providers, and
other law enforcement agencies to create a coordinated response to
methamphetamine proliferation. COPS grants have funded equipment, training, and
personnel to improve intelligence-gathering capabilities, enforcement efforts,
lab clean-up, training related to drug endangered children, and the prosecution
of those who engage in methamphetamine-related crimes. Additionally, COPS has
provided more than $120 million to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for
clandestine methamphetamine lab clean-up, specialized enforcement training, and
statewide methamphetamine summits.
COPS received nearly $63 million in funding for methamphetamine-related
efforts in fiscal year 2006. The majority of this funding was awarded directly
to state and local law enforcement agencies to purchase officer safety equipment
and supplies, and to provide training to essential first responder personnel
responsible for combating the use and distribution of methamphetamine in
jurisdictions across the United States.
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