Ohio Awards More than $500,000
in of Grants to Strengthen Community-Police Relations
(COLUMBUS)
– A total of 20 law enforcement agencies and community organizations will
receive up to $40,000 in the second round of Community-Police Relations funding
from the Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) to assist with initiatives
to improve relationships between communities and law enforcement agencies
serving them.
All agencies receiving
grants have agreed to become certified through the Ohio Collaborative Law
Enforcement Agency Certification through the Ohio Collaborative
Community-Police Advisory Board. More than 520 agencies employing over 27,000
officers (in all 88 counties, representing 80 percent of all law enforcement
officers in Ohio in most of Ohio’s metropolitan areas) are either certified or
in the process of becoming certified by meeting standards for the use of force,
including deadly force, and agency recruitment and hiring.
The following agencies have been awarded a
Community-Police Grant:
University of Toledo Police Department Lakewood Police Department
Youngstown Police Department Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland
Medina County Police Activities League Parma Heights Police
Montville Township Police Department The Ohio State
University Police
City of Dayton Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio
Pickaway County Sheriff's Office Whitehall Division of
Police
Kent Police Department Deaf
Women Against Violence Everywhere
South Central Big Brothers Big Sisters Cambridge Police Department
Chillicothe Police Department Santa
Maria Community Services
Agape Ministries University of
Cincinnati Office of Safety and Reform
Examples of programs
awarded include: community-policing initiatives; training; juvenile-mentoring
programs; education and awareness tools; and evidence-based policing
strategies.
For
more information on the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board or
the OCJS Ohio Community-Police Relations Grant Program, please visit the OCJS website.
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For additional information, contact:
China Dodley at (614) 466-2551
CLDodley@dps.ohio.gov
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