Washington, DC – Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI15) is pleased to announce a $449,214 grant going to the Brownstown Police Department from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) Hiring Program (CHP).  The grant will allow Brownstown Police to add and/or rehire two officers. 

Said Dingell, “Community policing is a vital public safety program that has proven effective at keeping crime down and reducing fear of crime in communities.  I want to congratulate the Brownstown PD for earning this grant through a highly competitive process. I’m sure the fine officers of the Brownstown PD will use their COPS training to contribute to greatly to public safety in Brownstown.”    

Brownstown Township Supervisor Andy Linko added, “I thank Congressman Dingell for caring about Brownstown, and for supporting our local law enforcement to ensure the safety of our citizens.”
 
CHP provides funding to address the full-time sworn officer needs of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide.  CHP grants go directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new and/or rehire career law enforcement officers in an effort and to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.

The Michigan Department of State Police also received a $5,843,040 CHP grant, allowing it to hire and/or rehire 21 officers.

CHP also provides 100 percent funding for approved entry-level salaries and benefits for three 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.

CHP was open to the 6,147 agencies with pending applications left from the FY2009 COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP).  This year, the COPS Office received 4,590 applications asking for over $2.3 billion in resources, making it a very competitive program.