The federal funding will strengthen our ability to keep our area safe and increase protection in our neighborhoods. The COPS program stresses community oriented policing, which helps strengthen the connection between the police and citizens. The city will be able to make low interest loans to developers to revitalize former industrial areas creating new jobs for the community. The Revolving Loan Program is designed to be used over and over again to encourage redevelopment of the Brownfield areas. With the recent incidents of violence in our schools there is a strong need for the COPS in Schools Program.
Community policing officers perform a variety of functions within the schools.
From teaching crime prevention and substance abuse classes to monitoring troubled students to building respect for law enforcement among students. School officers combine the functions of law enforcement and education. One of the most important goals we can achieve is to provide personal security to our communities, schools and neighborhoods. That is what this program helps deliver. Hazard Mitigation Grant for the purchase of 13 flood prone properties in the Village of Cleveland.