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
COPS Sept. 11, 2008 press release
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