WASHINGTON – More than $14 million in grants has been awarded to 143 local law enforcement agencies and municipalities to enhance school safety in 34 states, the Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS) announced Sept. 11. The grants were awarded through the COPS Secure Our Schools program, which provides funds to improve security at schools and on school grounds.

The Secure Our Schools program will provide up to 50 percent of the total cost for law enforcement and schools to install metal detectors, locks, lighting and other equipment to help deter crime. The grants can also be used to pay half of the cost of security assessments, security training and other measures that will provide a significant improvement in school security.

“Our youth are our greatest asset, and today’s grants support local efforts to establish safe and secure schools,” said COPS Director Carl R. Peed. “We are pleased to support local efforts to enhance school safety.”

Secure Our Schools is one of several COPS initiatives to enhance school safety. Through this program COPS has provided communities with more than $66 million to make schools safer. Overall, COPS has invested more than $895 million in America’s schools through our Safe Schools Initiative, COPS in Schools, School-Based Partnerships, and Secure Our Schools programs.

The COPS Office is a federal agency responsible for advancing community policing nationwide. Since 1995, COPS has awarded more than $9 billion to advance community policing, including grants awarded to more than 13,200 state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to fund the hiring and redeployment of 117,000 officers and provide a variety of knowledge resource products including publications, training, technical assistance, conferences and webcasts.

For additional information about COPS Secure Our Schools program visit COPS Web site at www.cops.usdoj.gov.

Alaska
Alaska State Police: $83,360

Arkansas
Green Forest Police Department: $32,205

City of Monticello: $5,000

North Little Rock Police Department: $45,700

Arizona
City of Maricopa: $3,680

California
City of Atwater: $177,150

City of Dos Palos: $94,291

Merced Police Department: $369,450

Oakdale Police Department: $94,693

City of Oakland: $1,515,066

Colorado
Canon City: $190,000

Colorado Springs Police Department: $23,906

Craig Police Department: $130,383

Connecticut
Town of Clinton: $32,775

City of Hartford: $40,966

Florida
Maitland Police Department: $32,000

Sebastian Police Department: $5,162

Georgia
Richmond County Department of Public Safety: $553,993

Iowa
City of Correctionville: $27,262

City of Des Moines: $175,000

Ottumwa Police Department: $14,739

Scott County Sheriff’s Department: $121,975

Illinois
City of Carbondale: $22,875

Channahon Police Department: $31,441

Chicago Heights Police Department: $261,023

City of Chicago: $296,820

Township of Cicero: $40,500

City of East Moline: $33,350

Granite City: $217,232

Menard County Sheriff’s Department: $4,150

Minooka Police Department: $27,402

City of Newton: $24,122

Village of Streamwood: $473,700

Village of Matteson: $151,609

Kansas
City of Andover: $32,800

Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department: $161,087

Cherryvale Police Department: $73,526

Dodge City: $31,115

City of Ft. Scott: $16,295

City of Girard: $23,013

Labette County Sheriff’s Office: $362,885

Leavenworth Police Department: $19,950

Wilson County Sheriff’s Office: $293,249

Kentucky
Barren County Fiscal Court: $51,165

Nelson County Sheriff’s Department: $23,869

Newport Police Department: $32,896

Louisiana
Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Department: $38,595

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Department: $97,000

Massachusetts
Agawam Police Department: $39,186

Arlington Department of Community Safety: $49,357

Town of Danvers: $37,031

Granby Police Department: $28,032

Harwich Police Department: $50,000

Lunenburg Police Department: $45,650

Mansfield Police Department: $38,090

Somerville Police Department: $23,910

Southbridge Police Department: $21,767

Swampscott Police Department: $64,598

City of Taunton: $52,995

Town of Wilbraham: $55,035

Town of Uxbridge Police Department: $33,846

Westfield Police Department: $59,644

Maine
City of Auburn: $29,176

Biddeford Police Department: $38,952

City of Falmouth: $24,745

Michigan
Brownstown Police Department: $118,050

Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department: $542,851

City of Center Line: $49,929

Charter Township of Clinton: $395,676

Genesee County: $365,455

Van Buren County: $36,448

Township of Waterford: $267,410

Minnesota
Douglas County Board of Commissioners: $36,946

City of Plymouth: $69,675

City of Winona: $67,578

Missouri
City of Bellefontaine Neighbors: $38,174

City of Lamar: $15,625

Jackson Police Department: $25,840

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department: $51,258

Moberly Police Department: $28,486

Oak Grove Department of Public Safety: $11,500

Putnam County Sheriff’s Department: $15,883

City of Seneca: $19,473

Webb City: $25,426

Mississippi
George County School District: $25,000

North Carolina
Rowan County: $500,000

Nebraska
City of Grand Island: $95,612

New Hampshire
Durham Police Department: $9,690

New Jersey
Atlantic City: $125,894

Belmar Police Department: $86,453

Borough of Deal: $38,450

Township of Delran: $65,869

Township of Galloway: $30,298

Lodi Police Department: $23,579

Township of Lyndhurst: $65,446

Millville Police Bureau: $43,850

Township of Neptune: $52,100

Borough of Point Pleasant Beach: $24,179

Pompton Lakes Police Department: $13,219

Rutherford Police Department: $37,113

South Orange Police Department: $11,500

South Plainfield Police Department: $180,000

Stafford Police Department: $52,500

Township of Brick: $280,304

Union City: $135,194

New York
Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Department: $74,720

Corning Police Department: $76,100

Orangetown Police Department: $3,900

Rochester Police Department: $70,500

Rye Brook Police Department: $4,150

Town of Tonawanda: $112,930

Village of Sleepy Hollow Police Department: $100,125

Ohio
Township of Miami: $198,989

Reynoldsburg Division of Police: $15,614

City of Sidney: $34,143

Springboro Police Department: $25,000

Toledo Department of Police Operation: $34,900

Oregon
City of Lincoln: $89,720

Klamath County Sheriff’s Department: $107,175

Linn County Sheriff’s Department: $49,724

Newport Police Department: $17,990

City of Toledo: $33,350

Pennsylvania
Chester Police Department: $234,500

City of Easton Pennsylvania: $216,250

City of Pittsburgh: $33,462

South Carolina
City of Aiken: $5,299

Horry County Police Department: $96,625

Spartanburg Department of Public Safety: $57,385

Texas
Ennis Independent School District: $125,098

Sulphur Springs ISD Police Department: $245,821

Virginia
Danville Police Department: $46,032

County of Dinwiddie: $62,178

Greene County Sheriff’s Department: $150,001

Hopewell Bureau of Police: $27,604

Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Office: $45,835

Warren County Sheriff’s Department: $29,995

Vermont
Bennington Police Department: $7,300

Washington
Spokane County Sheriff’s Department: $94,350

Wisconsin
La Crosse Police Department: $57,064

City of Rice Lake: $60,015

Sauk Prairie Police Department: $48,300

West Allis Police Department: $317,015

Wyoming
Powell Police Department
: $37,500

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COPS Sept. 11, 2008 press release

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