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Resolution Confirming Application for and Acceptance and Appropriation of the 2011 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) Grant from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Memorandum
On May 2, 2011, the Unites States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services released the local government solicitation for the 2011 COPS Hiring Program Grant.
CHP is a competitive grant program that provides funding directly to law enforcement agencies having primary law enforcement authority to impact their community policing capacity and problem solving efforts. Subject to federal funding availability, just over $200 million in grant funding nationwide may be available for the hiring and rehiring of career law enforcement officers.
FY 2011 CHP grants will provide 100 percent funding for approved entry-level salaries and benefits for three years (36 months) for newly-hired, full-time sworn officer positions (including filling existing unfunded vacancies) or for rehired officers who have been laid off, or are scheduled to be laid off on a specific future date, as a result of local budget cuts.
There is no local match requirement or cap on the amount of funding that can be requested per officer position, but CHP grant funding will be based on an agency’s current entry-level salary and fringe benefits packages. Any additional costs for higher than entry-level salaries and fringe benefits will be the responsibility of the grantee agency. All agencies’ requests will be capped at no more than 5% of their actual sworn force strength reported at the time of application, up to a maximum of 50 officers. The request of any agency with a sworn force strength less than or equal to 20 will be capped at one officer.
At the conclusion of federal funding, grantees must retain all sworn officer positions awarded under the CHP grant for a minimum of one year (12 months). The retained CHP-funded position(s) should be added to t...
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