[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26553-26554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12662]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; FY 1997 Community
Policing Discretionary Grants
AGENCY: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Department of
Justice.
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ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services (``COPS'') announces the availability of grants to
assist policing agencies to further develop an infrastructure to
institutionalize and sustain community policing practices under the
Advancing Community Policing program. Eligible applicants under the
Advancing Community Policing program are all state, local, Tribal and
other public law enforcement agencies with an established background in
community policing.
DATES: Application Kits will be available mid May, 1997. Applications
for the Advancing Community Policing program must be postmarked on or
before June 30, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Applications may be obtained by writing to Advancing
Community Policing, COPS Office, Eighth Floor, 1100 Vermont Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20530, or by calling the Department of Justice Response
Center, (202) 307-1480 or 1-800-421-6770, or the full application kit
is also available on the COPS Office web site at: http://www.usdoj.gov/
cops. Completed applications should be sent to Advancing Community
Policing, COPS Office, Eighth Floor, 1100 Vermont Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20530.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The Department of Justice Crime Bill Response Center, (202) 307-1480 or
1-800-421-6770.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Pub. L.
103-322) authorizes the Department of Justice to make grants to support
innovative community policing across the nation.
The Advancing Community Policing program will help policing
agencies further develop an infrastructure to institutionalize and
sustain community policing practices. Two categories of grants are
available to eligible applicants: Organizational Change and Community
Policing Demonstration Centers. Applicants may select only one of the
categories. Applicants must clearly demonstrate interest in instilling
the spirit and practice of community policing throughout their
organization by changing its existing structures or serving as a
Community Policing Demonstration Center.
Organizational Change grants will help law enforcement agencies
overcome organizational-level obstacles to create an atmosphere in
which community policing thrives. Applicants must have a solid
background in community policing and will be required to focus on
changing one element of their organization. The applicant must choose
one of the five priority areas within the Organizational Change
category: Leadership and Management; Organizational Culture; Modifying
Organizational Structures; Research and Planning; or Re-engineering
Other Components of the Organization. Applicants are required to submit
a detailed Project Narrative including: a description of the problem
the proposed change strategy will address, the expected goals and the
objectives; a discussion of internal and external forces that might
affect implementation of the proposed change; an explanation of how the
proposal links to the department's overall change strategy; and an
explanation of how the department's overall change strategy links to
the department's community policing plan.
Advancing Community Policing awards provided in the Community
Policing Demonstration Centers category will allow agencies that have
taken the lead in implementing the philosophy of community policing
throughout their departments to help other agencies choose effective
community policing strategies. These agencies, serving as active
community policing laboratories, will be provided with the tools needed
to disseminate information and provide assistance to other entities and
be designated as Community Policing Demonstration Centers. A Center,
through internal and external efforts, will work to perfect accepted
community policing methods and experiment with new ideas to map the
future of community policing. Applicants must have a multi-year
strategic community policing plan already in place. Applicants will be
required to submit a detailed Project Narrative including: a
description of the agency's community policing history and its present
capacity to continue developing community policing; a discussion of
recent problem-solving efforts, community partnerships, current
training and analysis capabilities; an analysis of the organization's
strategic plan, how it fits in with the goals of Community Policing
Demonstration Centers and how it can be enhanced; current and
anticipated research and evaluation efforts; and a time line that
reflects the stages of implementation.
Advancing Community Policing is an extremely competitive program.
Up to $10 million in Organizational Change grants will be awarded.
Organizational Change awards will not exceed $250,000, with the average
award expected to be $100,000.
Community Policing Demonstration Centers awards will be cooperative
agreements. Up to $25 million will be awarded under Community Policing
Demonstration Centers. For a jurisdiction serving a population of less
than 150,000, each award will not exceed $500,000; for a jurisdiction
serving a population of 150,000 or greater, each award will not exceed
$1 million. Smaller jurisdictions are encouraged to form a consortium
with other jurisdictions.
Local matching funds are not required under Advancing Community
Policing. However, all applicants are strongly encouraged to contribute
cash or in-kind resources to their proposed project. Award funds must
be used to supplement, not supplant, state or local funds.
An award under Advancing Community Policing will not affect the
eligibility of an agency's application for a grant under any other COPS
program.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) reference for
this program is 16.710.
Dated: April 30, 1997.
Joseph E. Brann,
Director.
[FR Doc. 97-12662 Filed 5-13-97; 8:45 am]
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