2009/09/16 Council Agenda Packet

CUPS Unice: LA- ttU tiackgrouna ana Awara ivietnoaoiogy ragc a I.Ji relatively limited funding available compared to the amount requested, and the desire to distribute officers to a larger number of agencies, the COPS Office imposed caps on the total number of officers that were awarded to any individual agency. The COPS Office concluded that, rather than simply give the first-ranked applicants all of the officers they requested, regardless of the size of their requests, the breadth of needs across the country would be best served by a capping system that would limit the size of awards and, thus, distribute officers to more jurisdictions. Without the imposition of such caps, a very small number of agencies would have consumed the entire funding available. All agencies will be capped at no more than 5% of their current actual sworn force strength as reported in their application, up to a maximum of 50 officers. COPS believes this cap ensure the maximum number of agencies is funded without reducing any particular agency's award to a level that it would no longer be a meaningful increase to their force strength. Under any circumstances, a fully-funded 5% increase in the workforce would have a significant impact on agency operations. In addition, 50 officers is the equivalent of a 5% increase in an agency of 1,000 sworn, and very few applicants (or agencies nationwide, for that matter) actually have a sworn force strength of more than 1,000 officers. So, only a handful of very large agencies who requested above a 5% increase in their sworn force strength would actually receive less than a 5% boost in their staffing levels, although the COPS Office does acknowledge the significant impact this maximum cap will have on these few large cities. Page Location: Funding > COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP) > CHRP Announcement Toolkit> CHRP Background and Award Methodology URL: http://www.cops.usdofgov/Defaultasp?Item=2267 124 hftn•//www_cnns_iLsdc)i.gov/nrintaso?Item=2267 8/26/2009