The COPS program, which helps local agencies pay for more police officers, was a pet project of Vice President Joe Biden. Back in 1994, Biden championed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement ...

The Justice Department is shaking up the priorities for a popular grant program that provides millions of dollars in aid to budget-strapped local police departments across America, according to public ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane's Community-Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program faces an uncertain future as it awaits a decision on continued city funding. The program, which says it provides ...

The city of El Paso has been awarded a $2.25 million federal COPS grant to hire 18 new police officers who will help reduce response times and improve public safety and community policing efforts, ...