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Rep. Johnson Announces COPS Grants for Conyers PD

November 29, 2017

Congressman Reports more than $400,000 from DOJ for Conyers' Police Department to Hire 4 More Officers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, announced that the Conyers Police Department is receiving more than $440,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services or COPS.

The grants will be used to fund four additional officers in Conyers.

During his tenure in Congress, Rep. Johnson has worked in a bipartisan fashion to prevent massive cuts to the COPS Hiring Program (CHP), which is designed to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing by providing direct support to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide.

Since 1995, the COPS program has invested more than $220 million in Georgia law enforcement agencies, which was used to hire more than 2,700 officers and provide more than $30 million in technology upgrades.

"The COPS Hiring Grant Program is a cornerstone of the federal effort to support state and local law enforcement," said Johnson. "These grants enable our state and local government partners to hire the public safety officers needed to protect our citizens. I'm pleased to fight for this important program and see it pay dividends in our community."

The funding is part of more than $98 million awarded nationwide to hire more than 800 officers. CHP funding supports the hiring of career law enforcement officers to increase an agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.

For more, visit the Department of Justice COPS website.

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