Police Grants News and Articles

• AG Loretta Lynch announces $119M grant to hire new officers

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  AG Loretta Lynch launched National Community Policing Week by announcing the $119M grant that will help police departments across the country hire new officers

• Conn. police receive $1.5M grant to fight drug epidemic

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  The state police plan to use the DOJ grant to interrupt the transportation and sale of opiates by dismantling drug trafficking organizations

• Va. gov. awards $7.3M to improve safety communication

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  The Virginia State Police will use the funds to transition all existing radios and communications systems on the current system to the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network

• DOJ announces $20M for police body cameras

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  The department said the grants are being awarded to 106 state, city, tribal and municipal law enforcement agencies

• How one NFL star quietly supports American police

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  Despite perception to the contrary, numerous professional athletes show support for police — and in the case of Super Bowl Champion Ben Roethlisberger, with enormous financial donations

• DOJ awards $12M to combat illegal drug manufacturing, distribution and trafficking

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  The grant funding will address both methamphetamine use and production and the distribution of heroin and other opioids

• Md. state police receive $12.5M to improve roadway safety

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  The government has awarded more than $12.5M to state police to encourage better driving habits and reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries

• Chicago receives $1M for crisis intervention training

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  Chicago received a $1M federal grant "to address trauma in Chicago's neighborhoods and improve crisis intervention training for first responders"

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