Police Grants News and Articles

• Ill. PD receives nearly $295K in funding for expansion of mental health crisis intervention unit

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  The grant, awarded by the Department of Justice’s Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services, will go toward funding contracted social workers and training members within the unit

• Md. sheriff's office to use $460K grant to improve policy and procedure, officer wellness and training

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  The agency will use part of the grant to purchase the CordicoShield app, which offers mental health-focused benefits to officers and their families

• Congress passes bill to fund police de-escalation training

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  The bill will help PDs adopt de-escalation training when encountering individuals with mental health issues in an effort to reduce officer-involved fatalities

• $2.2M for hiring bonuses, mental health services for Cleveland first responders, dispatchers

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  The benefits are separate from another recently discussed proposal to use ARPA money to provide Cleveland officers with $3,000 retention bonuses

• Cleveland police create relocation program for homicide witnesses

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  Witness-relocation efforts have previously relied on homicide detectives pulling cash out of their own pockets and pooling together funds

• Mass. to distribute nearly $2.5M to police departments to help expand body camera programs

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  “The investment we’re making in these programs today will help create safer communities for years to come.”

• The pros and cons of the Invest to Protect Act

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  If signed into law, it would provide $60 million in grants each year to “smaller” law enforcement agencies, from 2023 to 2027

• Va. PD receives DOJ grant for mental health, resiliency training

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  "Our community deserves us to be well. Let's talk about mental health," Chief Brian Layton said

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