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Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants is sponsored by Department of Justice. The COPS Office was established in 1994 to assist state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies in enhancing effectiveness and building the capacity to advance public safety through the implementation of community policing strategies. Community policing entails developing partnerships between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve so they can work collaboratively to resolve problems and build community trust. It is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques, in order to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, fear of crime, and satisfaction with police services. Community policing is comprised of three key components:
Community Partnerships Collaborative partnerships between the law enforcement agency and the individuals and organizations they serve to develop solutions to problems and increase trust in police:
• Other government agencies
• Community members/groups
• Nonprofits/service providers
• Private businesses
• Media
Organizational Transformation The alignment of organizational management, structure, personnel, and information systems to support community partnerships and proactive problem solving:
• Agency management
• Climate and culture
• Leadership
• Labor relations
• Decision-making
• Policies
• Organizational evaluations
• Transparency
• Organizational structure • Geographic assignment of officers
• Despecialization
• Resources and finances • Personnel
• Recruitment, hiring, and selection
• Personnel supervision/evaluations
• Training • Information systems (Technology)
• Communication/access to data
• Quality and accuracy of data
Problem Solving The process of engaging in the proactive and systematic examination of identified problems to develop and rigorously evaluate effective responses:
• Scan: Identify and prioritize problems
• Analysis: Research what is known about the problem
• Response: Develop solutions to bring about lasting reductions in the number
and
extent of problems
• Assessment: Evaluate the success of the responses
• Use the crime triangle to focus on immediate conditions (victim/offender/location) This listing is currently active. Program number: 16.710. Last updated on 2017-09-17.
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Search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: States, units of local government, Federally Recognized Indian tribal governments, U.S. territories or possessions (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Mariana Islands), other public and private entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof. Eligible applicant types include: State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments, U.S. Territories and possessions, U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Profit organization, Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Native American Organizations (includes lndian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations). Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Yes — Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants is offered by Department of Justice and this listing comes from SAM.gov, an official U.S. federal source. Federal applications generally require registrations (for example SAM.gov or an agency submission portal), so allow extra lead time.
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