KOHL WORKS TO INCLUDE $3.95 BILLION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL
1/27/09
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Senator is the sponsor of COPS Improvement
Act to restore funding for successful federal crime fighting program
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WASHINGTON, DC -
U.S. Senator Herb Kohl worked to include
$3.95 billion for federal and state law enforcement programs as part of the
economic stimulus bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee
today. Kohl is a member of the
Appropriations committee, the sponsor of the COPS (Community Oriented Policing
Services) Improvement Act of 2009, and has a longtime record of supporting the
Byrne Justice Assistance Program. The
$3.95 billion approved by the Committee today includes:
$1
billion for the COPS Universal Hiring program
$1.5
billion for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program
$440
million for Byrne competitive grant program
$300
million for VAWA programs
"Few
government programs can claim such a direct connection to job creation as the
COPS Hiring Program. This funding will
put more people in this country to work.
In addition to reducing crime, this investment can serve as a direct
injection of money into the American economy," Kohl said.
Kohl noted that these successful crime
prevention programs also save taxpayers from the costs associated with
incarceration and victim assistance. For
that reason, a report by the Brookings Institution found "COPS…to be one of the most
cost-effective options available for fighting crime."
Created
as part of the 1994 Crime Bill, the COPS program has funded more than 100,000
community police officers across the country.
Many experts cite this program as an important factor in driving down
crime for eight consecutive years in the 1990s.
Beginning in 2001, however, the Bush Administration proposed cuts to the
COPS program in each of its budget requests; despite bipartisan efforts in
Congress to prevent those cuts, the Administration succeeded in eliminating the
hiring portion of the program by 2005.
Kohl
is the sponsor of legislation, cosponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), to
re-establish Congress's commitment to local law enforcement by establishing the
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services as a distinct office within the
Department of Justice and will re-authorize hiring programs for three specific
purposes – general community policing, local counter-terrorism officers, and
school resource officers. The bill also
reauthorizes funds for technology grants, community prosecutors, and makes
critical improvements to ensure efficient grant management and to eliminate
waste.
Kohl has also been a leading
proponent in the Senate of SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program, which pays for
state and local drug task forces, community crime prevention programs,
substance abuse treatment programs, prosecution initiatives, and many other
local crime control programs.
The
measure as approved by the Committee is now eligible for consideration on the
Senate floor.