(6) According to the U.S. Department of Jus-
tice Census of State and Local Law Enforcement 
Agencies, 20 of the Nation’s 50 largest local police 
departments saw a decline in sworn law enforcement 
personnel from 2000 to 2004. 
(7) Following a 10-year decline in the violent 
crime rate, Federal Bureau of Investigation’s statis-
tics indicate that violent crime increased in 2004, 
2005, and 2006. 
(8) In recent months, incidences of violent 
crime, gang violence, violence against police officers, 
and homicides have risen in many of the metropoli-
tan areas in the United States, including the fol-
lowing: 
(A) On March 21, 2009, four Oakland, 
California, police officers were shot and killed 
during a traffic stop and the subsequent pur-
suit of the suspect. 
(B) On April 4, 2009, three Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, police officers were killed re-
sponding to a domestic dispute. 
(C) On April 3, 2009, a Binghamton, New 
York, man killed himself and 13 others at a 
local civic association building. 
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SEC. 3. ENHANCED VIOLENT CRIME COMMUNITY POLICY. 
Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
in paragraph (16); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (17) as 
paragraph (18), and in such paragraph, by 
striking ‘‘(1) through (16)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
through (17)’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (16) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(17) to hire and train new career law enforce-
ment officers for deployment in areas and commu-
nities with high incidences of violent crime, in ac-
cordance with subsection (l); and’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding 
grants under this part, the Attorney General— 
‘‘(1) may give preferential consideration to ap-
plications for hiring and training new career law en-
forcement officers for deployment in areas and com-
munities with high incidences of violent crime, as 
authorized by paragraph (17) of subsection (b) and 
in accordance with subsection (l); and 
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‘‘(2) may give preferential consideration, where 
feasible, to applications for hiring and rehiring addi-
tional career law enforcement officers that involve a 
non-Federal contribution exceeding the 25 percent 
minimum under subsection (g).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) ENHANCED VIOLENT CRIME COMMUNITY POLIC-
ING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
shall, subject to the availability of appropriations to 
carry out this subsection, make grants, as author-
ized under subsection (b)(17) and in accordance 
with this subsection, to hire and train new career 
law enforcement officers for deployment in areas and 
communities with high incidences of violent crime to 
enhance community policing in such areas. 
‘‘(2) 
ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (a), grants awarded under this subsection 
shall be awarded only to units of local government. 
‘‘(3) GRANT
DESIGNATIONS.—The Attorney 
General shall award grants under this subsection 
to— 
‘‘(A) the 5 units of local government with 
a population over 350,000 residents with the 
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highest violent crime rate per capita, as listed 
by the 2007 Federal Bureau of Investigation 
‘Crime in the United States’ report; and 
‘‘(B) 15 additional units of local govern-
ment determined by the Attorney General to 
have the greatest need for such a grant, based 
on— 
‘‘(i) per capita violent crime rate; 
‘‘(ii) gang population; 
‘‘(iii) drug trafficking rate; 
‘‘(iv) high school drop-out rate; 
‘‘(v) unemployment rate; 
‘‘(vi) poverty rate; 
‘‘(vii) population; and 
‘‘(viii) any other criteria determined 
by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(4) GRANT AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM AMOUNT.— 
The grant amount awarded to an grantee under 
this subsection for the grant period shall be— 
‘‘(i) not more than is necessary to in-
crease the size of the grantee’s sworn po-
lice force, as of the date the grantee sub-
mitted the application for a grant under 
this subsection, by 10 percent; and 
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‘‘(ii) not less than is necessary to in-
crease the size of the grantee’s sworn po-
lice force, as of the date the grantee sub-
mitted the application for a grant under 
this subsection, by 5 percent. 
‘‘(B) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If funds ap-
propriated in a fiscal year to carry out this sub-
section are not sufficient to fully fund the min-
imum grant amount determined under subpara-
graph (A) for each grantee, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall reduce the amount of the grant to 
each grantee by a proportionate share. 
‘‘(5) INAPPLICABLE
PROVISIONS.—The fol-
lowing provisions of this part shall not apply to 
grants awarded under this subsection: 
‘‘(A) Subsection (g) of this section (relat-
ing to matching funds). 
‘‘(B) Subsection (i) of this section (relating 
to termination of grants for hiring officers). 
‘‘(C) Subsection (c) of section 1704 (relat-
ing to hiring costs).’’. 
Æ 
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