Deadline: 24-Jun-25
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for the Community Policing Development: Law Enforcement Products and Resources Program.
Community Policing Development (CPD) funds are used to develop products and resources provide guidance on promising practices, develop and test innovative strategies; build knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and support new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities and a positive image of policing.
Applicants are invited to propose initiatives that will develop products and resources specifically designed for national distribution that offer creative ideas to uplift the image of the law enforcement profession, advance crime fighting, or support community policing efforts through community engagement, problem solving or organizational change.
Goals and Objectives
- Goal: Produce innovative knowledge products and resources that promote community-oriented policing and increase the capacity of law enforcement agencies to enhance public safety.
- Objective 1: Develop innovative projects that enhance law enforcement organizational capacity to implement community partnerships, problem-solving, and their ability to directly address public safety problems through common-sense policing strategies.
- Objective 2: Promote effective and promising practices to increase awareness of and ready access to cutting-edge solutions to current public safety problems and a positive image of policing.
- Objective 3: Develop new knowledge and understanding of critical topics that impact public safety and community policing implementation utilizing common sense policing strategies.
Priority Areas
- High priority areas of focus may include (but are not limited to) topics such as violent crime prevention, immigration issues and border security, child trafficking, street gangs, recruitment and hiring, gun violence and the enforcement of gun laws, opioids and drug market interruption, law enforcement taskforce engagement, homelessness and squatting, nuisance abatement and other crime and disorder problems.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded under Notice of Funding Opportunity $8,000,000.00.
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards $500,000 per award
Duration
- Period of Performance Duration is 24 months
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility for the FY25 CPD: Law Enforcement Products and Resources solicitation is limited to for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, community groups, and faith-based organizations.
- Applicants may submit multiple applications, but you must submit a separate application for each project.
- Open to all for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, community groups, and faith-based organizations.
Projects out of Scope
- Projects that do not offer creative and innovative ideas that advance community engagement, problem solving, or organizational changes in support of community policing will not be considered.
- Projects that do not benefit the broader national law enforcement field and only benefit a state, region or small set of agencies, will not be considered.
- Projects that duplicate an existing COPS Office or other DOJ product or resource will not be considered.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.