[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 232 (Thursday, December 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66816-66818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32213]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; FY 1999 Community
Policing Discretionary Grants
AGENCY: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Department of
Justice.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented
Policing
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Services (``COPS'') announces the Visiting Fellowship Program (VFP)
designed to support training, technical assistance, research, program
development and policy analysis to contribute to the use and
enhancement of community policing to address crime and related problems
in communities across the country.
The VFP is intended to offer researchers, policing professionals,
community leaders, and policy analysts an opportunity to undertake
independent research, problem development activities, and policy
analysis designed to advance community policing in a variety of ways.
Two types of fellowships are available: Community Policing Training
and Technical Assistance Fellowships, and Program/Policy Support and
Evaluation (PPSE) Fellowships.
Community Policing Training and Technical Assistance Fellowships
will offer police practitioners and community leaders the opportunity
to participate in a community policing training program that is
national in scope. PPSE Fellowships will offer police practitioners,
researchers, and policy analysts the opportunity to support innovative
community policing programs, to engage in activities to assess the
effectiveness of community policing approaches, and to apply policy
analysis skills to support the advancement of community policing
nationwide.
Visiting fellows will study a topic of mutual interest to the
Fellow and the COPS Office for up to 12 months. Residency in
Washington, DC, is not required, but visits to the COPS Office are
encouraged.
DATES: The application deadline is March 1, 1999. Application kits will
be available mid-December.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of an application or for more information,
call the U.S. Department of Justice Response Center at (202) 307-1480
or 1-800-421-6770. Application kits will be available mid-December and
will also be posted on the COPS Office web site at http://
www.usdoj.gov/cops.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The U.S. Department of Justice
Response Center, (202) 307-1480 or 1-800-421-6770, or the COPS web site
at: http://www.usdoj.gov/cops.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview
The United States Department of Justice, Office of Community
Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has been charged with the
implementation of the Public Safety Partnerships and Community Policing
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd). Under this law, the COPS Office
provides grants, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance to
increase police presence, improve police and community partnerships
designed to address crime and disorder, and enhance public safety. The
VFP, which complements the COPS Office's efforts to add 100,000
officers to our nation's streets and support innovative community
policing, is one of a wide variety of policing programs supported under
this law.
The VFP is intended to offer researchers, policing professionals,
community leaders, and policy analysts an opportunity to undertake
independent research, problem development activities, and policy
analysis designed to advance community policing in a variety of ways.
Two types of fellowships are available: Community Policing Training
and Technical Assistance Fellowships and Program/Policy Support and
Evaluation (PPSE) Fellowships.
Community Policing Training and Technical Assistance Fellowships
will offer police practitioners and community leaders the opportunity
to participate in a community policing training program that is
national in scope. Fellows will work to broaden their knowledge of a
training area that is directly related to community policing. The
experience is intended to encourage the further development,
enhancement, or renewed exploration of a particular training expertise
that supports community policing. Fellows will deliver this expertise
innovatively as well as provide technical assistance to others. Under
Community Policing Training and Technical Assistance Fellowships,
Fellows may pursue initiatives designed to: (1) improve police-citizen
cooperation and communication; (2) enhance police relationships within
the criminal justice system, as well as at all levels of local
government; (3) increase police and citizens' ability to innovatively
solve community problems; (4) facilitate the restructuring of agencies
to allow the fullest use of departmental and community resources; (5)
promote the effective flow and use of information both within and
outside of an agency; and/or (6) improve law enforcement responsiveness
to members of the community.
PPSE Fellowships will offer police practitioners, researchers, and
policy analysts the opportunity to support innovative community
policing programs, to engage in activities to assess the effectiveness
of community policing approaches, and to apply policy analysis skills
to support the advancement of community policing nationwide. The
experience is intended to encourage the further development,
enhancement, or renewed exploration of program, policy, and evaluation
issues that support community policing. This work will be shared with
policy makers and practitioners through a variety of forums. Under PPSE
Fellowships, Fellows may pursue a wide variety of initiatives. Topic
areas of particular interest to the PPSE Division include, but are not
limited to, the following goals: (1) improve the ability of policing
agencies and community organizations to collect different types of
information that will aid in collaborative problem solving efforts; (2)
enhance current knowledge of how policing agencies evolve while
implementing community policing; (3) enhance current knowledge about
how various policing agencies utilize information technology to support
crime reduction and community policing efforts; and/or (4) enhance
current knowledge of or improve the ability of policing agencies to
implement community policing and problem solving in other ways.
Visiting Fellows will study a topic of mutual interest to the
Fellow and the COPS Office for up to 12 months. Residency in
Washington, DC, is not required, but visits to the COPS Office are
encouraged.
Grants or cooperative agreements under the VFP may support salary,
fringe benefits, travel essential to the project, and miscellaneous
supplies or equipment in support of the project. Reasonable costs for
research assistants or support staff will also be considered.
Reasonable relocation expenses and the cost of temporary housing also
may be permitted in cases of relocation from a Fellow's permanent
address.
Under the VFP, the COPS Office may award grants or enter into
cooperative agreements with individuals, public agencies, colleges or
universities, nonprofit organizations, and profit-making organizations
willing to waive their fees.
Receiving a grant or cooperative agreement under the VFP will not
affect the eligibility of an agency to receive awards under other COPS
programs.
The selection process is expected to be highly competitive.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) reference for
this program is 16.710.
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Dated: November 25, 1998.
Joseph E. Brann,
Director.
[FR Doc. 98-32213 Filed 12-2-98; 8:45 am]
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