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 **COPS 2018 Funding Announced** October 2018 | Volume 11 | Issue 10
  The COPS Office is pleased to announce 2018 award funding  for 3 grant programs: CTAS, CPD and SVPP: **Coordinated Tribal  Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)**
        The COPS Office just announced the FY2018 Coordinated  Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) awards to support community  policing officers, equipment, and training needs for tribal law enforcement  agencies.  The award, which includes  funding for 23 officers, is part of the Department of Justice award more than  $113 million to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, combat violence  against women, and support youth programs in American Indian and Alaska Native  communities. CTAS funding helps tribes develop and strengthen their justice  systems’ response to crime, while expanding services to meet their communities’  public safety needs. **Community Policing Development (CPD)**
        On September 24, 2018, the FY2018Community  Policing Development (CPD) awards were announced by Attorney General  Jeff Sessions during a presentation in Birmingham, Alabama.  The $5.95 million in awards will be used for law  enforcement technical assistance, training, and demonstration projects that  positively impact public safety and crime reduction efforts.  The 27 CPD award projects cover a range of  important community policing topics, including officer wellness and safety,  police-youth engagement, support for first-line supervisors, responding to  drug-endangered children, partnerships to address labor trafficking, and  improving the public understanding of police roles, risks, and  responsibilities. **School Violence Prevention Program**
          The COPS Office announced the first School  Violence Prevention Program (SVPP)awards on October 2, 2018 to 91 state,  local and tribal jurisdictions for almost $25 million to improve security at  schools and on school grounds in the jurisdiction of the grantee through  evidence-based school safety programs.   The grant program was established earlier this year by the 2018 Student,  Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 (STOP) and  funding will be used for law enforcement coordination and training; deterrence  hardware such as metal detectors and locks; and notification technology. 
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