Camden County Government: CCPD Gets $2.5 Million In COPS Grant Funding For Metro

Collingswood NJ

19 November, 2021

12:57 PM

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Press release from the Camden County Government: November 18, 2021 Since its creation in 1994, COPS has invested more than $14 billion to advance community policing, which includes awarding grants to more than 13,000 state, local and Tribal law enforcement agencies to fund the hiring and redeployment of more than 135,000 officers. In the 2021 fiscal year, COPS received 590 applications requesting nearly 3,000 law enforcement positions. For the fiscal year of 2022, President Biden has requested $537 million for the COPS Hiring Program, which is an increase of $300 million. This press release was produced by the Camden County Government. The views expressed here are the author's own.