The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for the COPS Office FY 2022 Community Policing Development (CPD) program
Donor Name: Community Oriented Policing Services
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/21/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as violent crime, nonviolent crime, and fear of crime.
Community Policing Development (CPD) funds are used to develop the capacity of law enforcement to implement community policing strategies by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities.
Goals
Under this solicitation, the COPS Office seeks to support projects that allow for the identification and expansion of promising practices and produces knowledge products that follow the principles of good guidance:
- Quality-driven, with an emphasis on action statements to drive promising practices and reduce variations in performance
- Evidence-based, with recommendations that are consistent with the weight of the best available evidence identified through systematic review
- Accessible, with clear language and manageable lengths that are appropriate and relevant for the law enforcement field
- Memorable, to encourage immediate actions or aid for the complex situations law enforcement professionals face
Objectives
The project description should address the following objectives:
- Describe any currently provided de-escalation training and programming and, if needed, the applicant’s ability to modify or update existing training.
- Describe the applicant’s capacity and experience providing and promoting law enforcement training in multiple states.
- Describe how training and programming will encourage an agency-wide approach to de-escalation that enables agencies to sustain learning among officers and align organizational policies, procedures, and other mechanisms to develop a culture of de-escalation.
- Identify the number officers that the regional training center applicant plans to reach.
- Describe the process by which the applicant will ensure quality and consistency across training deliveries.
- Describe how the applicant will sustain the regional training center beyond COPS Office funding.
Funding Information
Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards – $1,000,000.
Grant Period
Period of Performance Duration (Months)- 24.
Eligibility Criteria
- This solicitation is open to institutions of higher education.
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