The Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program: History, Funding, and Potential Issues for Reauthorization

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R48151

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Mar 16, 2026

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Mar 21, 2026, 12:37 pm UTC

Authors: Nathan James

Source topics: Federal Funding for Criminal Justice

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• HR 1139COPS Improvements Act of 2009
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• S 3374A bill to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program.
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• HR 3376To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants to recruit and retain law enforcement officers.
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• HR 3325To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities, and for other purposes.
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• S 546A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities, and for other purposes.
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• HR 3184To establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
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• S 1144A bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
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• S 1530A bill to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
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• S 972A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes.
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• HR 3500To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the public safety and community policing grant program under part Q of title I of that Act.
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