DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
(Dollars in thousands)
| Perm. Pos. | FTE | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 actuals | 235 | 207 | $1,006,178 | |
| 2001 enacted | 235 | 235 | 1,032,325 | |
| 2001 enacted (P.L. 106-554) | ... | ... | 7,080 | |
| Government-wide .22% rescission pursuant to P.L. 106-554 | ... | ... | -2,287 | |
| 2001 appropriation | 235 | 235 | 1,037,118 | |
| Increases (see p. 128) | ... | ... | 1,161 | |
| Decreases (see p. 128) | ... | ... | -104 | |
| 2002 base | 235 | 235 | 1,038,175 | |
| Program changes (detailed below) | ... | ... | -183,066 | |
| 2002 estimate | 235 | 235 | 855,109 | |
| 2001 Appropriation | 2002 Base | 2002 Estimate | Program Changes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparison by activity and program | Perm. Pos. |
FTE | Amount | Perm. Pos. |
FTE | Amount | Perm. Pos. |
FTE | Amount | Perm. Pos. |
FTE | Amount |
| 1. Public Safety and Community Policing Grants 1 | ... | ... | $582,216 | ... | ... | $567,249 | ... | ... | $320,249 | ... | ... | -$247,000 |
| 2. Crime-Fighting Technologies Program | ... | ... | 276,470 | ... | ... | 276,470 | ... | ... | 355,404 | ... | ... | 78,934 |
| 3. Prosecution Assistance Program | ... | ... | 99,780 | ... | ... | 99,780 | ... | ... | 99,780 | ... | ... | 0 |
| 4. Community Crime Prevention Efforts Program 1 | ... | ... | 46,897 | ... | ... | 61,864 | ... | ... | 46,864 | ... | ... | -15,000 |
| 5. Management & Administration | 235 | 235 | 31,755 | 235 | 235 | 32,812 | 235 | 235 | 32,812 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 235 | 235 | 1,037,118 | 235 | 235 | 1,038,175 | 235 | 235 | 855,109 | 0 | 0 | -183,066 |
1 The budget proposes moving Safe Schools funding ($14,967,000) from the Public Safety decision unit to the Community Crime Prevention decision unit.
The COPS budget consists of the following program within its decision units:
| FY 2001 Level |
FY 2002 Level |
Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Safety and Community Policing Decision Unit: | ||||
| Hiring Law Enforcement Officers/ School Resource Officers | 408,323 | 180,000 | Particular emphasis on school resource officers | |
| Training and Technical Assistance | 20,731 | 20,662 | ||
| Bulletproof Vests | 25,444 | 25,444 | ||
| Tribal Law Enforcement | 34,923 | 31,315 | ||
| Methamphetamine Enforcement and Cleanup | 48,393 | 48,393 | ||
| Police Corps | 29,435 | 14,435 | ||
| School Violence | 14,967 | 0 | Moved to Community Crime Prevention in 2002. | |
| Subtotal | 582,216 | 320,249 | ||
| Crime -Fighting Technologies Program: | ||||
| COPS Technology Grants | 146,756 | 100,000 | Specific Earmarks are eliminated and a discretionary grant program is requested. | |
| Criminal Records Upgrade | [34,923] | 35,000 | Part of CITA in 2001. Proposed as a separate program in 2002. | |
| DNA Backlog | [29,934] | 35,000 | A portion of a $29.934 million earmark in CITA was for this purpose in 2001. The budget proposes it as a standalone program in 2002. | |
| This DNA earmark includes two element in 2002: | ||||
| Convicted Offender Backlog | [15,000] | |||
| Crime Scene Backlog | [20,000] | New initiative | ||
| Crime Lab Improvement Program\ | [29,934] | 35,000 | A portion of a $29.934 million earmark in CITA was for this purpose in 2001. The budget proposes it as a standalone program in 2002. | |
| Crime Identification Technology Act (CITA) | 129,714 | 150,404 | ||
| This CITA earmark includes: | [17,462] | [17,000] | ||
| Safe Schools Technology | ||||
| Subtotal | 276,470 | 355,404 | ||
| Prosecution Assistance Program: | ||||
| State and Local Gun Prosecutors | 0 | 49,780 | New initiative | |
| Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative | 0 | 50,000 | New initiative | |
| Gun Violence Prosecutors | 74,835 | 0 | ||
| Community Prosecutors | 24,945 | 0 | ||
| Subtotal | 99,780 | 99,780 | ||
| Community Crime Prevention: | ||||
| Project Sentry/ School Violence | 0 | 14,967 | Project Sentry is a new initiative. When combined with $5.033 million under the Title V program in the Juvenile Justice Programs appropriation, this provides $20 million in grants for this initiative. | |
| Offender Re-entry Program | 29,934 | 14,934 | ||
| Police Integrity Training | 16,963 | 16,963 | ||
| Subtotal | 46,897 | 46,864 | ||
| Management and Administration | 31,755 | 32,812 | ||
| Total, COPS | 1,037,118 | 855,109 | ||
| Program Changes | Perm. Pos. | FTE | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Safety and Community Policing Grants | ... | ... | -$247,000 |
| The Public Safety and Community Policing Grants Program will continue to provide funds to state and local jurisdictions for the hiring of law enforcement officers and advancement of community policing by focusing efforts on increasing the number of school resource officers serving full-time in our nation's schools and targeted hiring to address critical needs. Overall, funding in this area will be reduced and re-directed to other priority areas, notably technology grant programs. The following reductions have been made to initiatives funded under this decision unit: $3,609,000 from the Tribal Law Enforcement Program, $15,000,0000 from the Police Corps Program, $69,000 from Training and Technical Assistance, and $228,322,000 from the COPS Hiring Program. The funding reduction reflects the fulfillment of the hiring program's original target to fund 100,000 additional police. With the fulfillment of this objective, the program continues at a lower level, and is focused on new priorities. | |||
| Crime-Fighting Technologies Program | ... | ... | 78,934 |
| The budget proposes a general COPS Technology Grant program will provide technology grants similar those that have been offered under the COPS MORE Program, but they will not be contingent upon the redeployment of officers. The budget also proposes to establish the following initiatives as standalone grant programs rather than as a part of the Crime Identification Technology Assistance (CITA) Program: $35,000,000 for the Criminal Records Upgrade Program, $35,000,000 to reduce the DNA sample backlog, and $35,000,000 for the Crime Lab Improvement Program. In addition, an increase of $20,690,000 is sought for CITA. This increase, combined with the removal of the three earmarks previously included in CITA, will result in a total availability of $150,404,000 for the CITA Program. | |||
| Community Crime Prevention | ... | ... | -15,000 |
| Funding for Community Crime Prevention is nearly identical to 2001. Rather than spending almost $30 million on the Offender Re-entry Program, the Department proposes to fund it at half that level, with the balance going to fund the school safety initiative (called Project Sentry in 2002) in the Community Crime Prevention decision unit. | |||
| Total Program Changes, Community Oriented Policing Services | 0 | 0 | -183,066 |