Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants

The COPS Office was established in 1994 to assist state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies in enhancing effectiveness and building the capacity to advance public safety through the implementation of community policing strategies. Community policing entails developing partnerships between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve so they can work collaboratively to resolve problems and build community trust. It is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques, in order to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, fear of crime, and satisfaction with police services. Community policing is comprised of three key components: Community Partnerships Collaborative partnerships between the law enforcement agency and the individuals and organizations they serve to develop solutions to problems and increase trust in police: � Other government agencies � Community members/groups � Nonprofits/service providers � Private businesses � Media Organizational Transformation The alignment of organizational management, structure, personnel, and information systems to support community partnerships and proactive problem solving: � Agency management � Climate and culture � Leadership � Labor relations � Decision-making � Strategic planning � Policies � Organizational evaluations � Transparency � Organizational structure � Geographic assignment of officers � Despecialization � Resources and finances �...

States, units of local government, Federally Recognized Indian tribal governments, U.S. territories or possessions (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Mariana Islands), other public and private entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof.

General criteria for selecting proposals are set forth in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322. Additional criteria may be developed by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and will be published in COPS application materials.

There is no local match requirement for CHP (FY 2010 and FY 2011 only) Anti-Heroin Task Force, CAGI, CAMP, CSPP, Tech, Meth, SSI, CPD, CRI-TA, TRGP-Hiring, TRGP-E/T and Tribal Meth. UHP and Tech recipients (FY 2007 Tech recipients only) must contribute at least 25 percent of allowable project costs, unless a local match waiver is approved by the COPS Office (42 USC 379dd(g)). SOS recipients must contribute at least 50 percent of allowable project costs (42 USC 3797a(d)). FY 2012 to FY 2015, CHP recipients must contribute a minimum of 25 percent of the allowable project costs, unless a local match waiver is approved by the COPS Office. This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details.