$6.3 Million in Recovery Act Funds Will Hire 37 New Memphis Police Officers
July 28, 2009
“This is incredibly good news that will not only create good-paying jobs but allow the city to put more cops on the beat to keep our neighborhoods safe. As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, I’ve worked to increase federal funding for the COPS program to give our communities the resources they need to hire and train the next generation of first-responders,” Congressman Cohen said.
“I commend the Department of Justice and the Obama Administration for making the funding available so quickly. I look forward to welcoming the next class of police recruits and watching as they work to protect our streets, our children, and our homes,” Congressman Cohen said.
Today’s grants will provide 100 percent of the approved salary and benefits for entry level officer positions over a three year period. Police departments receiving the grants will then be required to retain the grant funded positions for a fourth year.
The funding provides much needed support to state and local government budgets, and will help the nation’s law enforcement agencies add and retain the manpower needed to fight crime more effectively through community policing.
The Memphis COPS grants were included as part of Recovery Act funding announced earlier this morning by Vice President Joseph Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder. In total, the state of Tennessee will receive $1 billion in grants to fund the hiring and rehiring of 4,699 law enforcement officers under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
For more information about the grants, or to learn which law enforcement agencies received funding, please visit www.cops.usdoj.gov.
Congressman Cohen serves on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and also chairs the panel’s Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
“I commend the Department of Justice and the Obama Administration for making the funding available so quickly. I look forward to welcoming the next class of police recruits and watching as they work to protect our streets, our children, and our homes,” Congressman Cohen said.
Today’s grants will provide 100 percent of the approved salary and benefits for entry level officer positions over a three year period. Police departments receiving the grants will then be required to retain the grant funded positions for a fourth year.
The funding provides much needed support to state and local government budgets, and will help the nation’s law enforcement agencies add and retain the manpower needed to fight crime more effectively through community policing.
The Memphis COPS grants were included as part of Recovery Act funding announced earlier this morning by Vice President Joseph Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder. In total, the state of Tennessee will receive $1 billion in grants to fund the hiring and rehiring of 4,699 law enforcement officers under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
For more information about the grants, or to learn which law enforcement agencies received funding, please visit www.cops.usdoj.gov.
Congressman Cohen serves on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and also chairs the panel’s Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
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Steven Broderick
Communications Director
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9)
1005 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Direct: 202-226-7916
Main: 202-225-3265
steven.broderick@mail.house.gov
Steven Broderick
Communications Director
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9)
1005 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Direct: 202-226-7916
Main: 202-225-3265
steven.broderick@mail.house.gov