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 You are hereHome » Justice Department Awards Nearly $5 Million for Equipment and Public Safety Officers in Alaska Native Villages                        Justice Department Awards Nearly $5 Million for Equipment and Public Safety Officers in Alaska Native Villages                                                  For Immediate Release:Tuesday, July 30, 2019CONTACT:COPS Office Public AffairsEMAIL:cops.office.public.affairs@usdoj.govPHONE NUMBER:(202) 514-9079WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) has awarded nearly $5 million in grant funding to Alaska as part of a previously-announced commitment by Attorney General William P. Barr to provide emergency funding to address the public safety crisis in the state’s more rural communities, including Alaska Native villages.

Funds were awarded to tribal agencies in Alaska through the COPS Office Tribal Resources Grant Program (TRGP) to help meet the state’s immediate law enforcement needs in Alaska Native villages. Those needs include the hiring, equipping, and training of Village Public Safety Officers (VPSOs), Village Police Officers (VPOs), and Tribal Police Officers (TPOs) working in rural Alaska.

“The COPS Office is proud to help support the Attorney General’s goal of addressing the most serious law enforcement challenges facing tribes in Alaska,” said COPS Office Director Phil Keith. “These awards will greatly increase the capacity of Alaska’s tribal law enforcement agencies to prevent and reduce crime, engage in anti-methamphetamine and anti-opioid activities, and address human trafficking.”

The awards are as follows:

**Tribal Agency**
			**Funding for Equipment**
			**Funding for Hiring**
			**Positions Funded**Akiachak Native Community
			$58,074
			$241,429
			3Central Council Tlingit and Haida
			$204,721
			$0
			0Chickaloon Native Village
			$4,378
			$286,831
			1Holy Cross Tribe
			$113,999
			$185,457
			1Kasigluk Elders Council
			$42,212
			$255,077
			1Kodiak Area Native Association
			$177,566
			$0
			0Maniilaq Association
			$253,562
			$0
			0Native Village of Kipnuk
			$41,199
			$109,137
			1Native Village of Kwinhagak
			$59,443
			$108,211
			1Native Village of Mekoryuk
			$7,260
			$169,823
			2Native Village of Napaskiak
			$31,829
			$249,106
			2Native Village of Nulato
			$58,837
			$223,445
			1Native Village of Ruby
			$79,681
			$197,539
			1Native Village of Scammon Bay
			$38,628
			$249,216
			2Native Village of Tanacross
			$75,074
			$185,538
			1Native Village of Tununak
			$73,017
			$129,853
			1Northway Village
			$70,819
			$180,314
			1Sitka Tribe of Alaska
			$300,000
			$0
			0Venetie Village Council
			$38,302
			$249,944
			1Yakutat Tlingit Tribe
			$241,681
			$0
			0

Read about additional Justice Department resources to be made available to Alaska, as announced by the Attorney General last month, online at https://go.usa.gov/xyvHA. A list of awardees and information about TRGP (administered via the Department’s Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation) is located on the COPS Office website.

The COPS Office awards grants to hire community policing officers, develop and test innovative policing strategies, and provide training and technical assistance to community members, local government leaders, and all levels of law enforcement. Since 1994, the COPS Office has invested more than $14 billion to help advance community policing.

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