Austintown Township awarded $250K for law enforcement hiring

AUSTINTOWN — The township has been awarded $250,000 by the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Program.

The awards provide direct funding to hire additional full-time law enforcement professionals, a news release states.

The COPS Hiring Program is intended to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing, the release states. CHP provides funds directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new or rehire additional career law enforcement officers.

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has awarded more than $139 million in grant funding to 183 law enforcement agencies. The program awarded $5.5 million to four law enforcement agencies in the Northern District of Ohio, including Austintown Township.

This story was originally published November 19, 2021 at 4:45 AM with the headline "Austintown Township awarded $250K for law enforcement hiring."