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IV. Agency Budget Summaries

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES


  1. RESOURCE SUMMARY

  2. METHODOLOGY

    • The proportion of total resources estimated for drug-related programs in the FY 1999 request remains at 33%, the same percentage included in the previous Drug Budget Submissions. The methodology employed to estimate the proportion of total COPS resources used for drug-related programs was jointly developed by the Department of Justice and the Office of National Drug Control Policy, based on the assumption that approximately one-third (33%) of the functions performed by police officers are drug-related, particularly since a significant amount of law enforcement activities are directed towards drug infested neighborhoods, drug trafficking-related problems, and drug prevention efforts.

  3. PROGRAM SUMMARY

    • Statutory authority for the COPS program is provided by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Authority for this program expires in FY 2000. The President's FY 1999 Budget does not assume continued funding for COPS beyond FY 2000. The COPS program, which includes grant resources to fund police hiring, redeployment, training, technical assistance, and evaluation programs, is a critical component of the Administration's National Drug Control Strategy. The COPS' program supports Goal 2, "Increase the safety of America's citizens by substantially reducing drug-related crime and violence" of the National Drug Control Strategy. This goal will be accomplished by increasing the effectiveness of local police through the implementation of community and problem-oriented policing with a focus on youth and gang violence, drug-related homicides, and domestic violence.

    • The COPS program will empower communities in collaboration with law enforcement agencies to reduce the incidence of violence, crime and drug use in America. Safe and healthy community environments need to be created for children, adolescents, and adults through prevention of drug use, reduction of domestic drug-related crime and violence, the improvement of law enforcement capabilities, and the strengthening of partnerships between the local, state, and federal law enforcement communities.

  4. BUDGET SUMMARY

    1998 Program

    • The FY 1998 enacted drug control program includes $471.9 million for state and local assistance activities which support Goal 2 of the National Drug Control Strategy. Specifically, the FY 1998 drug control program includes $455.2 million for Public Safety and Community Policing Grants, $9.9 million for Police Corps, $6.8 million for Program Administration, and provides for 61 FTEs.

    1999 Request

    • The COPS' total FY 1999 drug control requested level for Goal 2 activities is 83 FTEs and $468.6 million, a reduction of $3.3 million from the FY 1998 level. This request includes $452.8 million for Public Safety and Community Policing Grants, $9.2 million for Management and Administration, and $6.6 million for the Police Corps program.

  5. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

    • The COPS Office supports the continued hiring of police officers toward the goal of funding an additional 100,000 police officers and sheriff's deputies by the end of FY 2000, and has provided funding for a cumulative total of approximately 83,000 additional police officers and sheriff's deputies through the end of FY 1998.