PRESS RELEASES

2024

Department of Justice Awards More than $15 Million for De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement

Department of Justice Releases Report on Police-Media Interactions During Mass Demonstrations

Justice Department Announces an Organizational Assessment of the Hackensack, New Jersey, Police Department under the COPS Office’s Collaborative Reform Initiative

Justice Department Expands Tribal Access Program to Improve the Exchange of Critical Data with Federally Recognized Tribes

Justice Department Awards Over $600M to Hire Law Enforcement Officers, Keep Schools Safe, and Improve Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Services

Justice Department Announces an Organizational Assessment of the Charlottesville, Virginia, Police Department under the COPS Office’s Collaborative Reform Initiative

Justice Department Releases Report Based on Critical Response Review of Columbus, Ohio, Division of Police

Justice Department Opens Application Period for Program to Enhance Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases

Justice Department Announces It Will Provide Technical Assistance to Uvalde Police Department Under COPS Office’s Collaborative Reform Initiative

Justice Department Announces That It Will Provide Technical Assistance to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Under COPS Office’s Collaborative Reform Initiative

Justice Department Announces Organizational Assessment of North Miami Police Department under Office of Community Oriented Policing Services’ Collaborative Reform Initiative

Justice Department Announces Opening of Nominations for the Seventh Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing

COPS Office Announces Recipients of 2024 L. Anthony Sutin Award for Innovative Law Enforcement and Community Partnerships

Justice Department Announces Plan to Administer Grant Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2024 to Strengthen Community Safety

Justice Department Releases Report on its Critical Incident Review of the Response to the Mass Shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

Justice Department Releases New Guide on the Use of Specialized Units in Law Enforcement Agencies

Justice Department’s Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center Reaches 1,000 Technical Assistance Engagements with Local Law Enforcement Agencies

2023

Justice Department Announces Funding Opportunities to Support Public Safety in Tribal Communities

Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Remarks Announcing New Nationwide Public Safety Commitments

Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks on Announcing New Nationwide Public Safety Commitments

Justice Department Announces New Nationwide Public Safety Commitments

Justice Department to Award More Than $96.7 Million in Grants to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Justice Department Releases Report on Recommendations for Law Enforcement Agencies Facing Recruitment and Retention Challenges

Justice Department Awards $75 Million for Active Shooter Training, to Combat Trafficking of Illegal Drugs, and Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness

Justice Department Opens Application Period for Program to Enhance Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases

Department of Justice to Provide Collaborative Reform Initiative Organizational Assessment of Dearborn Heights (MI) Police Department

COPS Office Announces Nomination Period for 2023 L. Anthony Sutin Award for Innovative Law Enforcement and Community Partnerships

Justice Department Honors Law Enforcement Officers in Sixth Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing

Justice Department Releases Nearly $300 Million in Grant Solicitations for Hiring Law Enforcement Officers and Improving School Safety

Department of Justice Announces Review of Memphis Police Department’s Use of Force and De-escalation Policies, and a Separate Review of Specialized Units Across the Country

Department of Justice Announces Availability of Additional Technical Assistance under Expanded Collaborative Reform Initiative

Department of Justice Releases Roadmap for Implementation for Columbus (Ohio) Division of Police

Justice Department Announces Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr. as Director of Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Justice Department Announces Funding Opportunities to Support Public Safety in Tribal Communities

2022

COPS Office Announces Funding to Combat Illegal Opioids and Methamphetamine

Department of Justice Awards Almost $190 Million in Grants to Support School Safety

COPS Office Announces Funding to Advance Community Policing, Provide Technical Assistance to Law Enforcement Agencies, and Promote Officer Mental Health and Wellness

Justice Department Announces $139 Million for Law Enforcement Hiring to Advance Community Policing

Department of Justice Announces New Active Shooter Training Award for First Responders

COPS Office Announces the Opening of the 2023 “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest

Sixteen Tribes Selected for Participation in Program Enhancing Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases

Justice Department Announces More Than $246 Million in Grants for Tribal Nations

COPS Office Announces New Partnership to Help Law Enforcement Agencies Increase Organizational Effectiveness

Department of Justice Releases Recommendations for Law Enforcement Response to Mass Protests and Protecting First Amendment Rights

Department of Justice Announces the Opening of Nominations for the Sixth Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing

COPS Office Announces Training Partnership with Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board

Elgin (IL) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Justice Department Opens Application Period for Program to Enhance Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases

COPS Office Announces Cincinnati Police Department Military Liaison Group and Cincinnati VA Medical Center as the Winner of the 2021 L. Anthony Sutin Award for Innovative Law Enforcement and Community Partnerships

Santa Clara City (CA) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Alabama (AL) Law Enforcement Agency - Highway Patrol Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Norfolk (VA) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Grand Rapids (MI) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Justice Department Announces $40 Million in Funding to Advance Community Policing and $5 Million in Funding for the Collaborative Reform Initiative OPA Department of Justice

COPS Office Announces Three New Partnerships to Advance Community Policing

Justice Department Announces Expansion of Technical Assistance Services Offered to Law Enforcement Agencies Through the Collaborative Reform Initiative

Justice Department Honors Fifth Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing

Lafayette Parish (LA) Sheriff’s Office Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

The COPS Office Announces Winners of its Eighth Annual “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest

2021

Justice Department Awards More Than $125 Million in Grants Under the STOP School Violence Act

Justice Department Announces Funding Opportunities to Support Public Safety in Tribal Communities

University of Cincinnati Department of Public Safety’s Police Division Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Drexel University’s Department of Public Safety Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

South Bend (IN) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Justice Department Announces $139 Million for Law Enforcement Hiring to Advance Community Policing

Justice Department Announces More Than $73 Million to Help Crime Victims and Improve Public Safety in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

COPS Office Announces Funding to Combat Illegal Opioids and Methamphetamine

Justice Department Announces Funding to Promote Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness

Department of Justice Announces New Active Shooter Training Award for First Responders

COPS Office Announces Nomination Period for 2021 L. Anthony Sutin Award for Innovative Law Enforcement and Community Partnerships

Justice Department Awards Over $33 Million in Grants to Advance Community Policing Efforts Across the Country

COPS Office Announces the Opening of the 2022 Community Policing in Action Photo Contest

South Fulton (GA) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Twelve Tribes Selected for Participation in Program Enhancing Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases

COPS Office Acting Director Robert Chapman Issues Statement on Technical Assistance Services Provided to the Columbus Police Department

Lawrence (MA) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Department of Justice Announces the Release of New Reports on Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement

St. Charles County (MO) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Frisco (TX) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Justice Department Announces the Opening of Nominations for the Fifth Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing

Mission (TX) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Justice Department Releases $58 Million in Solicitations to Combat the Distribution of Illicit Drugs and Improve Officer Wellness

Department of Justice Announces the Release of "Law Enforcement Officer Suicide: 2020 Report to Congress"

Delano (CA) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

The COPS Office Announces Winners of its Seventh Annual “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest

Maricopa County (AZ) Sheriff’s Office Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Dayton (OH) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Department of Justice Announces Two New Publications Focused on the Needs of Rural Law Enforcement

Department of Justice Showcases 25 Significant Achievements of the COPS Office over 25 Years

Director Phil Keith Announces Departure from the COPS Office

Statement from COPS Office Director Phil Keith in Recognition of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day

The COPS Office Continues Law Enforcement Listening Sessions: Upcoming Discussion Aims to Improve the Grants Application and Management Process

2020

Department of Justice Establishes Community of Practice for Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness

Department of Justice Releases New Report on Implementing Effective Unmanned Aircraft System Programs

Department of Justice's COPS Office Invests More Than $536.7 Million in Grants to Improve Public Safety, Reduce Crime and Advance Community Policing

Department of Justice Invests More than $295.8 Million in Grants to Improve Public Safety, Serve Crime Victims in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Department of Justice Announces Major County Sheriffs of America to Join COPS Office Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center

Department of Justice Awards Nearly $50 Million in Grants to Improve School Safety

Department of Justice Awards $16 Million in Grants to Advance Community Policing Efforts and Provide Active Shooter Training to First Responders Across the Country

Department of Justice Announces Funding to Promote Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness

Department of Justice Releases Second Annual Report on the Progress of the Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center

Department of Justice Awards Nearly $400 Million for Law Enforcement Hiring to Advance Community Policing

Justice Department Releases $61 Million in Awards to Support Efforts to Combat Violent Crime in Seven U.S. Cities

Department of Justice Announces Nomination Period for Fourth Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing

Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Announces Tribal Consultations and Listening Sessions

Justice Department Releases $500 Million in Solicitations for Hiring Law Enforcement Officers, Improving School Safety and Combating Distribution of Illicit Drugs

DOJ Congratulates Rhode Island for Joining the National Blue Alert Network

2019

Justice Department Announces Funding Opportunities to Support Public Safety for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Justice Department Honors Law Enforcement Officers and Deputies in Third Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing

Justice Department Awards $95 Million to Improve Public Safety in the State of Tennessee

DOJ Awards More Than $165 Million in Public Safety Funding to the State of North Carolina

DOJ Awards Nearly $5 Million for Equipment & Public Safety Officers in Alaska Native Villages

The COPS Office Announces St. Cloud Police Department and the Greater St. Cloud Public Safety Foundation as Co-Winners of the 2018 L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award

The COPS Office Announces Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and Promise Youth Development as Winners of the 2018 L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award

Department of Justice Releases Report on the Progress of the Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center

Department of Justice Releases Reports Focused on Improving Safety and Wellness of the Nation’s 800,000 Law Enforcement Officers

2018

Department of Justice Announces New Active Shooter Training Grant for First Responders

Justice Department Announces Funding to Battle Methamphetamine and the Opioid Crisis

Department of Justice Announces More Than $70 Million to Support School Safety and $64 Million to Improve State Criminal Record Systems

Department of Justice Awards Nearly $6 Million to Advance Community Policing Efforts Across the Country

Justice Department Will Award Up to $246 Million in Grants to Improve Public Safety in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Justice Department Honors Law Enforcement Officers and Deputies in Second Annual Attorney General’s Award For Distinguished Service in Policing

The COPS Office Announces 2017 L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award Winners

Justice Department Announces Phil Keith as Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Department Of Justice Announces Second Annual Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service in Policing

Attorney General Sessions Provides Further Support for Local Law Enforcement with Launch of New Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center

2017

The Department of Justice Announces Unprecedented Award to Police Executives and Unions to Create A Technical Assistance Center

Department of Justice Releases Incident Review of the Orlando Public Safety Response to the Attack on the Pulse Nightclub

Winston-Salem (NC) Police Department Featured as COPS Office “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest Winner in December

Attorney General Sessions Announces Over $12 Million to Support Law Enforcement Agencies to Combat Illegal Manufacturing and Distribution of Methamphetamine and Opioids

Attorney General Sessions Announces $98 Million To Hire Community Policing Officers

Little Rock (AR) Police Department Wins Feature Spot in COPS Office “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest

Department of Justice Awards Nearly $9 Million to Advance Community Policing Efforts and Increase First Responder Safety through Active Shooter Training

Justice Department Awards More Than $130 Million to Improve Public Safety, Address Violence Against Women and Victim Services for American Indian and Alaska Native People

Department of Justice Announces Changes to the Collaborative Reform Initiative

Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Wins COPS Office “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest for the Second Year in a Row

COPS Office Announces Nomination Period for 2017 L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award

Pima County (AZ) Sheriff's Department Featured as Winner of COPS Office “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Police Department Wins COPS Office “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest

City of Coatesville (PA) Police Department Featured in June as “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest Winner

Justice Department Announces The National Blue Alert Network

Arlington (TX) Police Department Wins COPS Office “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest

Providence (RI) Police Department Featured in April as “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest Winner

Department of Justice Releases Promising Policing Strategies to Engage Communities of Color

Department of Justice Releases After-Action Assessment of the Response to Minneapolis Protests

COPS Office Statement on the Extension of Collaborative Reform with the San Francisco Police Department

Marietta Police Department Featured as March “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest Winner

Updated Statement by Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Regarding Collaborative Reform with the Memphis Police Department

Statement by Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Regarding Collaborative Reform with the Memphis Police Department

Houston Police Department Featured as February “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest Winner

The COPS Office Announces Winners of its Third Annual “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest

Department of Justice Releases Report Summarizing Forum Aimed at Protecting the Rights of the LGBTQ+ Community

Arlington (MA) Police Department Wins COPS Office Photo Contest

Department of Justice Releases Significant Study on Impact of Recovery Act Funding on Sworn Force Levels, Crime and Arrests

Department of Justice Releases Two Reports on the Progress of the Collaborative Reform Initiative

Department of Justice Releases Interim Final Report on Philadelphia Police Department

Department of Justice Releases Short Films on Community Policing and How Law Enforcement and Communities Can Work Together

Department of Justice Releases Two Reports on Law Enforcement Recruitment and Hiring in the 21st Century

Department of Justice Releases Summary of Forum Focused on Preventing Violent Extremism

Department of Justice Releases Short Film on Community Policing in Oglala Sioux Community

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