2024-R-152
Authorizing the City Manager to apply for a grant in the estimated amount of $7,925,993.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) Program. The City of Laredo will utilize this funding to hire 25 new police officers for a period of three years. The 2024 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grant provides a maximum federal share of $125,000.00 per officer position of the approved entry level salaries and fringe benefits of each newly hired and/or rehired full time sworn career law enforcement officer over the three years (36 months) grant period. The federal share will be $3,125,000.00 and the city will be responsible for a required local match of approximately 61% of the total project funds from the General Fund in the amount of $4,800,993.00.
- Committee
- City Council
- Requested by
- Police
- Introduced
- April 18, 2024
- On agenda
- May 6, 2024
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