Department Of Justice Awards Over $500,000 To Four Oklahoma Cities To Hire Community Policing Officers

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The Department of Justice has awarded more than $500,000 to four Oklahoma cities to enhance law enforcement, announced Mark A. Yancey, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, and Brian J. Kuester, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The recipients are:

• Dewar Police Department: $69,208

• Lindsay Police Department: $99,428

• City of Sallisaw: $95,569

• Shawnee Police Department: $250,000

These funds will enable Dewar, Lindsay, and Sallisaw to hire one additional police officer each.  Shawnee will be able to hire two additional officers.

These grants are part of more than $98 million awarded to 179 law enforcement agencies across the United States through the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, also known as “COPS.”  These funds will support hiring 802 additional full-time law enforcement officers.

The Department of Justice’s national press release on these grants is available at https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-sessions-announces-98-million-hire-community-policing-officers.