The COPS (click here) Hiring Program is a competitive grant program that provides funding directly to state,local and tribal law enforcement agencies to hire police officers dedicated to addressing specific crime and disorder challenges confronting communities, overseen by the COPS Office, a federal agency responsible for advancing community policing nationwide.
This program is not only proven to be vital to American communities, but, provides a strong basis for the spending in The American Jobs Act.
Nearly $9 billion of the $30 billion of expenditures (click title to entry - thank you) authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Crime Act) was allocated to the law’s Title I, the legislative basis of what soon became known as the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.Title I listed four specific goals intended to change both the level and practice of policing in the United States:
1. To increase the number of officers deployed in American communities.
2. To foster problem solving and interaction with communities by police officers.
3. To encourage innovation in policing.
4. To develop new technologies for assisting officers in reducing
