St. Francis is one of twenty-five Wisconsin communities to receive COPS grants in this round of funding. As we put more officers on the street, we will continue to reduce crime in our cities.
COPS grants are one of the most effective federal-local partnerships to date.
The grant will be used to hire one additional police officer for the St. Francis force. COPS grant funds must not be used to replace local funds that agencies otherwise would have devoted to officer hiring. In other words, any hiring under the UHP program must be in addition to, not in lieu of, officers that otherwise would have been hired with local funds. COPS funding goes to state and local law enforcement agencies to increase police presence in communities. Since its establishment in 1994, the COPS program has funded more than 110,000 officers through an estimated 31,000 grants.