U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Local and state law enforcement agencies awarded community policing funding from Department of Justice
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio – David M. DeVillers, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, announced today that fifteen local and two Ohio law enforcement agencies have been awarded more than $18 million in funding through the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to hire an additional 134 full-time law enforcement officers to support their community policing efforts.
The local agencies will receive more than $16 million. The two state agencies will receive approximately $2 million.
Funding recipients in the Southern District of Ohio, the number of officers they plan to hire and the amount they received include:
|
AGENCY |
NUMBER OF OFFICERS |
AMOUNT |
|
Aberdeen Police Department |
1 |
$104,101 |
|
Cambridge, City of |
2 |
$250,000 |
|
Cincinnati, City of |
86 |
$10,750,000 |
|
Dayton, City of |
5 |
$625,000 |
|
Fairborn, City of |
2 |
$250,000 |
|
Greenfield, City of |
1 |
$125,000 |
|
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office |
10 |
$1,250,000 |
|
Jackson County Sheriff's Department |
2 |
$250,000 |
|
Middletown, City of |
2 |
$250,000 |
|
Mt. Healthy, City of |
2 |
$250,000 |
|
New Boston Police Department |
2 |
$250,000 |
|
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation And Correction |
4 |
$752,014 |
|
Ohio State Highway Patrol |
5 |
$1,281,658 |
|
Trotwood, City of |
4 |
$1,039,007 |
|
Union City |
2 |
$219,461 |
|
Washington County Sheriff's Department |
1 |
$125,000 |
|
Whitehall Division of Police |
3 |
$375,000 |
“Looking over this list, I see cities, counties and villages committed to hiring new officers to build trust with the people they serve,” DeVillers said. “We will help these agencies continue to expand their community policing efforts.”
The COPS Hiring Program is a competitive award program intended to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing by providing direct funding for the hiring of career law enforcement officers.
CHP applicants were required to identify a specific crime and disorder problem focus area and explain how the funding will be used to implement community policing approaches to that problem focus area. Fifty-seven percent of the awards nationwide will focus on a variety of issues including school-based policing to fund school resource officer positions, building trust and respect, and opioid education, prevention, and intervention. The rest will focus on violent crime.
The COPS Office received nearly 1,100 applications requesting more than 4,000 law enforcement positions. To learn more about CHP, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/chp. For additional information about the COPS Office, please visit www.cops.usdoj.gov .
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Updated June 3, 2020
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