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U. S, Department of Justice
<br />Office ofCompiroalty Oriented Policing Services
<br />2015 COPS Hiring Program Grant Ternis and Conditions
<br />final, appfnved budget andftrr personnnl decisions. An agency may implement the modified grant award following written spill oval from the COPS Office, Milan be
<br />aware that Cho COPS Office will not approve any modiflearfon request that results in an Increase of federal funds.
<br />9, Evalaatlorm The COPS Office may conduct monitoring or sponsor national evaluations of the COPS filling Program. The grantee agrees to cooperate with the
<br />monitors and evaluators,
<br />10. Reoerts/Performa ice Goals, To assist the COPS Office It monitoring and hacking the performance of your award, your agency will be responsible for
<br />submitting quarterly proinguri etc progress reports that describe proj set activities during the reporting period and quarterly Federal Financial Reports using Standard
<br />Form 425 (SF -425), The progress report is used to it your agency's progress toward fmplemcntirtg cotmnmrity policing strategies and to ooilect data to gauge the
<br />effectiveness of increasing your ngcncy's corm vanity policing capacity through COPS fording.
<br />11. Filters Civil Rich is Laws, As a condition of recolltt of fedend financial assistance, you acknowledge and agree that you will not (and will require any
<br />subgrntoos, contractors, successors, transferees, and assignccs nor to), an the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin (which includes providing limited - English
<br />proficimrt persons meaningftml access to your programs), sox, disability or age, unlawfully exclude any person horn participation in, deny the benefits nf, or
<br />employnwnt to any person, or subject any person to discrhnlnalton in contraction with ary programs or activities funded in whole or in pat with federal Ponds, These
<br />civil rights requirements are found in tiro riot- discrimination provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 2000d) ; the Omnibus
<br />Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 3789d); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, is umended (29 US, C. § 794) ; the Age
<br />Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S,C. §6101, of seq.); Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.8,C. § 1681, at seq.); and the corresponding
<br />DOI regulations implommuril g those statutes at 28 G.F.R. Part 42 (subparts C, D, E, G, and 1). You also agree to comply with Executive Ogler 19279 Equal Treatment
<br />for Faith. Based Organizations and its Implementing regulations at 28 C.F.R Part 38, which requires equal treatment of religious organizations in the trading process
<br />and non - discrimination ofbeaeficbmics by Faith -Bused Organizations on the basis of belief or non - belief,
<br />12, lkaaat 6mnlnvmart ponornmity Plmt (ELtOP). All recipients of funding from the COPS Oman must comply Willi the fi dmal regulations pertaining to file
<br />development and Implementation of ar Equal Employment Opportunity Plan (28 CX.R, Pan 42 subpart E).
<br />13, Grail t.Mo nit oring Activities. Federal Iaw requires that law erfirocmcrt agencies receiving federal funding front the COPS Office must be monitored to ensure
<br />court)]] shoe with their grant conditions and other applicable statutory regulations. Tire COPS Office is also Interested in tracking the progress of our programs and the
<br />advancement of cornmmty policing, Both aspects of grant implementation— mmplianco and programmatic benefits —are part of the irtoaitoring process coordinated
<br />by [he II. S, Depar'nment of Justice, Grant monitoring activities conducted by the COPS Office include site visits, o1Boe -based grant reviews, alleged noncompliance
<br />reviews, fimurcial and programmatic roporting, and audit resolution. As a CPIP greaten, you agree. to cooperate with and respond to any requests for Information
<br />ponalning to your grant.
<br />14. lfm nlnvmcnC L'lieibility. Thn grantee agrees to complute andkeell on file, as appropriate, a Bnrnau of Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment
<br />Eligibility Vadrnndon Form (I -9). Tlils form Is to bn owed by reolpienrs oCCederal fonds to verifj+ that porxoms are eligible to wok in don UnlCed Slol:as.
<br />15. Canummity i'aliniue Community policing moivitics to be luitiated or enhanced by you agency and the otYicers finnled.by this gnurt progrann wcr'a idauiflud and
<br />described in your CHI' grant applicator. In Sections VI(A) and (B) your agency developed a community policing plan for the CHP grant with specific reference to a
<br />corral or disorder problem and the following elenlems of oommllaity policing: u) problem solving —your agency's plan to assess and respond to the Is oblan Identified;
<br />Ill crumnunily partnerships and support, including related govcramontal slid community initiatives that complement your agony's proposed use ofCHP funding; and
<br />c) organizational tratslormat9orn —how your agency will use the funds to reorient Its mission to community penning or enhance its involvatnent in and commitment to
<br />community policing, Vi o rghout the CI IP grant period your agency is required to implement the community policing plan it act forth in the ChlP ill out application.
<br />The COPS OtBoe Julies community policing as a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of pmtn nslilps unit problenr-
<br />solving techniques, to proaetvoly address Clio immediate conditions; tint give rise ro public safety Issues such its crime, social disorder, and fear orarime, CHP grants
<br />through the specific Difieers funded (or am equal number cfrodoployed veteran officers) must be used to initiate or enhance community policing activities, All newly
<br />hired, additional or rohired o Ricers (or an equal number of redophoyed veteran effects) funded under CHP must Implement your agency's approved continuity
<br />policing plan, which you described to your grant application.
<br />1.6. Community Policing Self Assessment Tool(CP -SAT) 'fire COPS Office will require youragency to complete the Community Policing Sol fAssessment Tool
<br />(CP -SA'P) twice within the grant period, at the beginning aid aguhh towards the cull of your grant period,
<br />17, Contrads with turner Jurisdictions Grantees tmtprovido hov enforcement senders to anottierjurisdiotlon Ihrough a cornnatnnust ensure tart officers funded
<br />trader this great dal not service the o licrjurislifemm, but will only be involved in activities orperforn services that exclusively benefit line graVUC's owujur'isdicton.
<br />18. fnim Statements False statements Orel Rulas made ht connection with COPS grants may resrdt in face, huprisommcnt, or debarment from participating in federal
<br />grants or contracts, anti r any other tonicity available by law.
<br />19. Additlaunl Tii¢lr -Riot Grautao Reaah•emenrs The recipient agrees to comply wall any additional requirements that may be initialed during the grant
<br />performance purled if tire sniveling agency deterailnes that the recipient Is a high -risk grantee (Uniform Administrative Requironlonts, Cost Principles, and Audit
<br />Requirements for Federal Awards, 2 C.F.R. §200,207 as adopted by tine Depaauom of justice in 2 C,F.IL § 2800.101).
<br />20. Svstnr h fm' Arva •d hLumucmamt (SA�•t) a and fniv'rsnl ItIC tffi r Reanirenxnfs.
<br />The Of cs of Management mid Budget requires federal agencies to hncludo the following standard award form in all grants air([ coop iativo agr'eoments tide on or
<br />sttor October 1, 2010:
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