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V.S. Department of .,Justice: OCT 28 1g94 Office of the Associate Attorney General 'fire Associate Attorney Cameral Itashinvon, D.0 20530 October .25, 1994 Dear Colleague: The Violent Crime Control and Law .Enforcement Act of 1994, signed into law by President Clinton on September 13, created a federal -local law enforcement partnership :and the opportunity to hire.100,000 new officers under the '.Cops on the Beat" program: With. community policing. as its base, the program is :intended .to encourage the.development of police -citizen cooperation to control crime, maintain order, and ihnprove the quality of life in America. Attorney General Janet Reno has establisbed. the_Office of Community Oriented. Policing:Services to expedite the .biring. of new police officers and to implement community policing: programs. The Department af.Justice.and the new Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) are pleased to announce the Accelerated Hiring, Education, and. Deployment program (COPS AHEAD). Through this new expedited grant approach, law enforcement agencies serving populations of 50,000 .or more are eligibleto hire .new officers to participate in community policing, up. to a maximum of 3 percent of their actual. sworn officers subject to the conditions contained in the attached Fact. Sheet. I am enclosing a fact sheet that describes COPS AHEAD in more detail. To apply fora share of these funds, you must return the enclosed response form to the COPS Office, postmarked or fared by November 10, 1994. We recognize that this is a short responseperiod, butone of thegoals of COPS. APIEAD is .to expedite and streamline the process of making funds available to Iaw enforcement agencies. Within twoweeks after receiving these responses, based upon the number of responses we receive,we will let you know the specific number of sworn officers that you may select and train. Before funding is ultimately approved—andwhile your new officers are in training-- youmust still submit qualifying information concerning your community policing plan and your budget. The COPS AHEAD program is one part of a multi -faceted effort that will bring new officers and deputies to cities, counties, andtowns throughout America. If you do not wish to participate: in COPS AHEAD, other funding opportunities will be available to hire new: officers. Electing to wait for other programs will not prejudice your funding opportunities under those programs. Similarly, participating in COPS AHEAD will not prejudice your :opportunity to receive funds for officers beyond those authorized under COPS AHEAD. Announcements will be sent to you soon about other funding opportunities. We have tried to distribute this announcement widely and if you received more than one copy of this announcement or if your agency does not meet all of the eligibility requirements: for COPS AHEAD, please pass the information along to a colleague. For more information about this program please call the Crime Bill. Response Center at 1-800-421-6770. We look forward to working with you in a productive partnership to fightcrime in our country.