Community Policing Development – Law Enforcement Products and Resources

The COPS Office CPD: Law Enforcement Products and Resources program provides funding for the development of resources on law enforcement topics, specifically designed for national distribution, that offer creative ideas to advance crime fighting and community policing through common sense policing practices and initiatives. Any proposed product or resource should be directly in support of the advancement of community policing through common sense policing strategies and practices.

Applicants must select one of the following priority topic areas to address in their proposal:

• Detecting and Investigating Human Trafficking
• Gang Violence Enforcement and Investigations
• Immigration and Border Security
• Investigating and Interrupting Child Exploitation
• Investigating and Interrupting Cyber Crime
• Investigating and Interrupting Opioids and Drug Markets
• Officer Recruitment, Hiring and Retention
• Preventing and Investigating Domestic Terrorism
• Unmanned Aerial Systems and Drones
• Vagrancy and Squatting
• Violent Crime Enforcement and Investigations

For examples of products and resources, please review the COPS Office Resource Page. Examples of the types of products and resources that the COPS Office generally distributes include the following:

• Online or in-person training curricula
• Guidebooks
• Emerging issues forums
• Policy guides
• Promising practices
• Pilot programs, case studies, or evaluations
• Roll-call videos
• Podcasts or webinars
• Self-assessment tools
• Interactive websites
• Checklists
• Short-form videos

Who is Eligible?

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For Profit (Commercial) Organizations

 
Non-Profit Organizations

 

 
Institutions of Higher Education

 
Community Groups

 
Faith Based Organizations

For additional assistance we encourage you to visit the How to Apply page, which includes frequently asked questions, appendices, additional fact sheets, links to webinars, and other resources.

Community Policing Development – COPS Training Portal

The COPS Office CPD COPS Training Portal funds are used to deploy the COPS Office’s flagship eLearning program, the COPS Training Portal. A cornerstone of the COPS Office’s training and technical assistance program, the COPS Training Portal is responsible for approximately 75 percent of training deliveries annually for the COPS Office, provided at no cost to law enforcement officers, agencies, and stakeholders to improve access to high-quality training that fits the schedules, budgets, and needs of users across the country.

Topics should be within the following categories:

• Detecting and Investigating Human Trafficking
• Gang Violence Enforcement and Investigations
• Immigration and Border Security
• Investigating and Interrupting Child Exploitation
• Investigating and Interrupting Cyber Crime
• Investigating and Interrupting Opioids and Drug Markets
• Officer Recruitment, Hiring and Retention
• Preventing and Investigating Domestic Terrorism
• Unmanned Aerial Systems and Drones
• Vagrancy and Squatting
• Violent Crime Enforcement and Investigations

Who is Eligible?

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Institutions of Higher Education

 
For Profit (Commercial) Organizations

 
Non-Profit Organizations

Funding

There is approximately $1.5 million funding available for the COPS Office Training Portal subcategory. One award in the amount of $1.5 million will be made under this subcategory. The award will be two years (24 months)in length. There is no local match.

Supporting Documents

• Notice of Funding Opportunity Guide
• Pre-Award Fact Sheet
• Required Application Questions
• Resource Guide
• Timeline Template
• Budget Narrative
• Project Narrative

Need more information on how to apply to any of our programs?

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For additional assistance we encourage you to visit the How to Apply page, which includes frequently asked questions, appendices, additional fact sheets, links to webinars, and other resources.

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