Police Grants News and Articles

• Mass. PD receives nearly $740K in grant funding to tackle gang, youth violence

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  The funding enables the department to engage in social intervention via youth police academy programs and proactive patrols in "hot spots"

• Nearly 1K NYC government vehicles becoming all-electric — including NYPD patrol cars

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  Mayor Eric Adams said his administration has already surpassed its 2025 goal for electrifying the fleet

• 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.”

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