WASHINGTON, DC – During National Police Week, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is announcing a federal grant funding opportunity for local law enforcement and encouraging Nevada departments to apply. The COPS Hiring Program federal grant is designed to provide law enforcement agencies with funding to hire more officers, implement innovative strategies to fight crime, incentivize community policing, and more. Senator Rosen has repeatedly urged Senate appropriators to support funding for the COPS Hiring Program.
This program is now accepting applications until July 1, 2025 by 4:59pm ET.
“It’s my priority to continue delivering federal funding and resources that Nevada’s law enforcement community needs to keep our communities safe and help them do their jobs effectively,” said Senator Rosen. “During National Police Week, I’m encouraging law enforcement agencies across our state to apply for this federal grant to support hiring more officers and implementing tested strategies to bolster policing efforts. I’ll keep advocating for our first responders who fight crime and protect our state.”
Senator Rosen has been working to support Nevada’s law enforcement community and ensure it has the resources needed to fight crime effectively and safely. Last year, bipartisan legislation she helped pass in the Senate to address the police officer shortage was signed into law. A bipartisan bill Rosen backed to fund family support and mental health services for law enforcement officers passed the Senate last year. Senator Rosen also introduced bipartisan legislation that would help determine best practices for identifying and treating post-traumatic stress and combating suicide among police and first responders.
Information about the available grant funding program is found below:
COPS Hiring Program – A competitive award program designed to provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes of the CHP program awards include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of agency to engage in community policing activities.
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