Kansas Receives $593,000 In Justice Department Hiring Grants

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – Law enforcement agencies in Kansas will receive more than $593,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services program, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Monday. The grants are aimed at expanding community based policing as recommended by the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.

The list of this year’s grantees includes:

• The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Department, one officer position, $125,000.
• The Concordia Police Department, one officer position, $118,568.
• The Linn County Sheriff’s Office, one officer position, $123,398.
• Osage City, one officer position, $125,000.
• Unified School District 501, one officer position, $101,344.

“These grants put more officers on the streets and support law enforcement efforts to build trust and work more closely with the communities they serve,” U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

The grants pay for salaries and benefits for officers for three years.

Nationally, more than $107 million is being awarded through the COPS Hiring Program. Priority consideration was given to agencies that are focusing on building trust or school based policing through school resource officers as recommended in the report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. The report is online at http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/policingtaskforce .