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The Mayor and City Council shall discuss and possibly take action to provide consent to submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, COPS Hiring Program (CHP) in an amount not to exceed $375,000 for the hiring of three Community Action Officers. Consent to submit an application includes completion of all necessary paperwork for the application process and designates the City Manager to sign all documents. There is a 25% matching requirement for each year of the grant and a maximum federal contribution of $125,000 per position over the three-year grant period. If awarded, the Maricopa Police Department request General Fund contingency funding in FY14-15. Additional matching, beyond FY14-15, will be requested through the budget process. Discussion and Action.
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Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of partnership and problem-solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime. Rather than simply responding to crimes once they have been committed, community policing concentrates on preventing crime and eliminating the atmosphere of fear it creates. Earning the trust of the community and make those individual stakeholders in their own safety enables law enforcement to be understand and address both the needs of the community and the factors that contribute to crime.
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced the application period for the 2014 COPS Hiring Program. The funding allows agencies to increase their community policing capacity, problem solving and crime prevention efforts through the hiring and re-hiring of full-time sworn law enforcement officers.
2014 CHP grants will cover up to 75 percent of the approved entry level salary and benefits for three years for new...
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