2019 COPS Community Policing Development Awards 

State and Recipient Award Amount 

Alabama 

National Association of School Resource Officers 

Building a Standard Violence Prevention Protocol to Unite 

Law Enforcement and Schools to Implement Best Practices 

$499,460 

Arizona 

Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University 

Adoption and Implementation of Evidence-Based Policing (EBP) by 

Police Agencies 

$102,499 

Below 100 

Below 100 Stories of Courage 

$79,127 

California 

SEARCH Group, Inc. 

Designing a Public and Officer Safety Dashboard 

$374,996 

District of Columbia 

Police Executive Research Forum 

State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement Unmanned Aerial 

Systems Working Group 

$124,987 

Police Executive Research Forum 

Emerging Issues in Policing 

$249,957 

Police Foundation 

Averted School Violence Database Project 

$99,928 

Police Foundation 

LEO Near Miss: Effecting a Paradigm Shift to Improve Officer Safety 

$74,974 

U.S. Conference of Mayors Research and Education Foundation 

A Meeting of Mayors and Police Chiefs to Examine the Current State of 

Community Policing in Cities 

$79,947 

Kansas 

National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives 

Advancement of Women in Law Enforcement Profession 

$80,000 
 

 

 

2019 COPS Community Policing Development Awards 

State and Recipient Award Amount 

Maryland 

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Baltimore 

Handle With Care Pilot Program 

$396,922 

Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation 

Badges for Baseball 

$199,995 

International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training 

Improving Police Training with National Certification Standards 

$80,001 

New Hampshire 

Dartmouth College, Trustees of 

COPS Hiring Program (CHP) Performance Measurement Study 

$174,999 

New York 

Fund for the City of New York 

Sharing the Solution: Police-Court Partnerships to Address Homelessness 

$200,013 

Tennessee 

National Fraternal Order of Police Foundation 

Nationwide Directory of Practitioners and Programs Offering First 

Responder Specific Intervention 

$79,996 

National Fraternal Order of Police Foundation 

Supporting the National Blue Alert Network 

$98,978 

Texas 

Nancy Lieberman Charities 

Bridging the Gap Between Communities and Local Law Enforcement 

$120,000 

Texas Department of Public Safety 

Interdiction for the Protection of Children 

$418,954 

Virginia 

CNA Corporation 

Innovation in Community Policing: Homicide Support Groups 

$276,905 

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2019 COPS Community Policing Development Awards 

State and Recipient Award Amount 

CNA Corporation 

Addressing Crime through Innovative Technology 

$299,703 

International Association of Chiefs of Police 

Translating Crime Reduction Best and Emerging Practices for Small 

and Rural Agencies 

$400,000 

National Association of Police Organizations – Police Research & Education Project 

Changing the Narrative Initiative 

$230,021 

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 

Guidebook Update: What You Need to Know About Background Screening 

$25,000 

National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives 

Law and Your Community Program 

$79,200 

National Sheriffs’ Association 

Supporting the Sheriffs’ School Safety and Security Committee and National 

Clearinghouse 

$150,000 

Radford University – Office of Sponsored Programs 

Translating Best Practices: Developing a Framework for Institutionalizing 

Community Policing by Rank 

$134,920 

Virginia Center for Policing Innovation 

COPS Office Training Portal 

$350,000 

Total: $5,481,482 

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