The Department of Justice announced nearly $400 million in grant funding through the Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services COPS Hiring Program.
As part of the grant, the Carlisle County Sheriff's Department will be receiving $203,106, and the Paducah Police Department will be receiving $375,000.
Attorney General William Barr announced the funding awards to 596 law enforcement agencies across the country, allowing those agencies to hire 2,700 more full-time law enforcement officers.
Applicants were required to identify specific crimes and problem focus areas, and explain how the funding would be used to implement community policing tactics to problem focus areas. According to officials involved in the grant, 43 percent of the awards will focus on violent crime, while the rest of the awards will focus on a variety of issues including school-based policing to fund school resource officers, building trust and respect, opioid education, prevention, and intervention. They received nearly 1,100 applications.
You can see the full list of law enforcement agencies that are receiving grant funding at the link below.
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Law Enforcement Agencies Receiving Funding
