Constable Pct. #1:
Authorization and approval to apply for the 2017 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grant with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), U.S. Department of Justice.

The grant will provide 75 percent of the approved entry-level salaries and fringe benefits of each newly hired and/or rehired full-time officer, up to $125,000 per officer position, over the three year (36 month) grant period. CHP grants may be used to (1) hire new officers (including existing vacancies that are no longer funded in an agency’s budget); (2) rehire officers already laid off by any jurisdiction as a result of state, local, or Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) budget reductions unrelated to the receipt of grant funding; and/or (3) rehire officers scheduled to be laid off by the grantee’s jurisdiction on a specific future date as a result of state, local, or BIA budget reductions unrelated to the receipt of grant funding. The application packages for the FY2017 COPS grant is due July 10, 2017 7:59 PM EDT.

Cost to the County (Cash Match):
Year 1: $15,686.18 (25%)
Year 2: $16,461.56 (25%)
Year 3: $44,301.24 (60.80%)
Retention Period (12 months): $76,430.00 (100%)