The Crapper has recently received word that 8 departments in the state of Maryland have received the COPS Grant. The COPS grant is a program that was created to the commitment to hire or to keep approximately 5,000 career law enforcement jobs through the COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP). It is one of the targets of the 10-point Roadmap to Recovery program of the Reinvestment Act, which was discussed at President Obama’s June 8, 2009 Cabinet meeting.
The COPS Hiring Recovery Program grant award announcement occurred on July 28, 2009 and here are the results for Maryland:
Baltimore Police Department
Total Number of Officers Awarded = 50
Total Amount for Pay and Benefits = $10,131,050
Bladensburg PD
Total Number of Officers Awarded = 1
Total Amount for Pay and Benefits = $221,672
Cambridge Police Department
Total Number of Officers Awarded = 2
Total Amount for Pay and Benefits = $356,212
Laurel City PD
Total Number of Officers Awarded =3
Total Amount for Pay and Benefits=$726,411
Prince George's County PD
Total Number of Officers Awarded = 50
Total Amount for Pay and Benefits= $10,630,950
Princess Anne PD
Total Number of Officers Awarded = 1
Total Amount for Pay and Benefits= $187,437
Riverdale Police Department
Total Number of Officers Awarded = 1
Total Amount for Pay and Benefits = $203,727
Salisbury City PD
Total Number of Officers Awarded = 4
Total Amount of Pay and Benefits = $795,068
State Total:
Total Departments awarded Officers - 8 / Total Officers Awarded - 112
Total Funding given to Maryland Law Enforcement for Officers = $23,252,527
Grand Total:
Total departments awarded Officers -1046 / Total Officers Awarded - 4699
Total amount given across the Country -$999,955,434
The purpose of the COPS Hiring Recovery Program is to address the full-time sworn officer needs of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide. CHRP provides funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new and/or rehire career law enforcement officers in an effort to create and preserve jobs, and to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Up to $1 billion in grant funding was appropriated for this initiative through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
CHRP grants provide 100 percent funding for approved entry-level salaries and benefits for 3 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 future date, as a result of local budget cuts. Any additional costs above the approved entry-level salaries and fringe benefits are the responsibility of the grantee agency.
Nearly 7,300 CHRP applications requesting over 39,000 officers and $8.3 billion in funds were submitted to the COPS Office. Up to $1 billion in grant funding was appropriated for this initiative through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Funding selections were based on a variety of factors, including statutory mandates that govern how CHRP and other COPS Office hiring funds are to be allocated, as well as each applicant's fiscal health, UCR-reported crime, and community policing plans. Many applicant requests were reduced because of the high demand for this year's funding, with the goal of distributing CHRP funding across a wider range of agencies.
Here at the Crapper we would like to give a crapper salute to those departments in Maryland who took the time to apply for the grant and who recognized the importance of bringing more Law Enforcement Officers to the Street to fight crime.
To those lonely eight departments in Maryland, we commend you on your applications, since so few were approved and give you a heart felt congratulations
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Where is WCSO? We were told were getting 8.
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