55B - AA - RESO - COPS HIRING GRANT

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U.S, Department of Justice Office of Community Orlented Policing Services 2016 COPS Hiring Program Award Terms and Conditions competent jurisdiction, whether entered upon a verdict or a plea, and includes a conviction entered upon a plea of nolo contendere. c. Total value of currently active awards, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts includes — (1) Only the Federal share of the funding under any Federal award with a recipient cost share or match; and (2) The value of all expected funding Increments under a Federal award and options, even If not yet exercised, 25, Contragas and /or MOUs with other Jurisdictions, Sworn law enforcement officer positions awarded must be used for law enforcement activities or services that benefit your agency and the population that It serves, The Items funded under the CHIP award cannot be utilized by other agencies unless the Items benefit the population that your agency serves. Your agency may use Items funded under the CHP award to assist other law enforcement agencies under a resource sharing, mutual aid, or other agreement to address multi- jurisdictlonal Issues as described In the agreement. 26. Retention. At the time of award application, your agency committed to retaining all sworn officer positions awarded under the CHP award with state and /or local fiords for a minimum of 12 months following the conclusion of 36 months of federal funding for each position, over and above the number of locally- funded sworn officer positions that would have existed in the absence of the award. Your agency cannot satisfy the retention requirement by using CHP funded positions to fill locally- funded vacancies resulting from attrition. 27. Community. Policing; Community policing activities to be initiated or enhanced by your agency and the officers funded by this award program were Identified and described in your CHP award application. In sections VI(A) and (6), your agency developed a community policing plan for the CHP award with specific reference to a crime or disorder problem and the following elements of community policing: (a) problem solving —your agency's plan to assess and respond to the problem Identified; (b) community partnerships and support, including related governmental and community initiatives that complement your agency's proposed use of CHP funding; and (c) organizational transformatlon —how your agency will use the funds to reorient Its mission to community policing or enhance Its Involvement In and commitment to community policing. Throughout the CHP award period, your agency is required to Implement the community policing plan it set forth in the CHP award application. The COPS Office defines community policing as a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem - solving techniques to proactively address the Immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime. CI4P awards through the specific officers funded (or an equal number of redeployed veteran officers) must be used to Initiate or enhance community policing activities. Ali newly hired additional or rehired officers (or an equal number of redeployed veteran officers) funded under CHP must Implement your agency's approved community policing plan, which you described in your award application. 28. Locpl Match. Recipients are required to contribute a local match of at least 25 percent toward the total cost of the approved award project, unless waived in writing by the COPS Office. The local match must be a cash match from funds not previously budgeted for law enforcement purposes and must be paid during the award period, The local match contribution must be made on an Increasing basis during each year of the three -year award period, with the federal share decreasing accordingly, 29, School Resource officer (SRO) Training Requirement. COPS- funded SRO(s) are required to complete a National Association of School Resource Officers ( NASRO) basic training course no later than nine months after the date shown on the award congratulatory letter. If a COPS- funded SRO leaves the recipient agency after completing the NASRO training, the recipient agrees to pay for the new SRO, who Is assigned to bacltflll this position, to attend a NASRO basic training course. The new SRO must complete the training no later than nine months after being placed In the school. Page 7 of 7 55B -10