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Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Feds Give Maryland Town $625,000 to Hire 5 Police Officers

Hagerstown, Maryland has received a $625,000 grant to hire five police officers as part of a Justice Department program to advance “community policing.” The money is supposed to cover the new officers’ salary and benefits for three years, after which local funds will be needed to pay for the positions.

The funding is part of $111 million allocated this year through the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, which seeks to find employment for veterans who are returning from overseas to a stagnant economy and budget shortfalls.

Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) attended a press conference in Hagerstown on Monday to highlight the program, and she had announced the award in a press release  in June.  Hagerstown is the only city in the state to receive a grant through the program

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

A year from now they'll have to lay them all off because they don't get another grant....union seniority rules mean last-in, first-out.

Anonymous said...

Does that money include take home cars?

Pinecone5 said...

No way does $625K covers the cost of salaries and benefits for 5 officer for 3 years. That is only about $42K per officer per year. That will not even cover salary & benefits.
Whoever did the math on this one must be a recent public school graduate.

Anonymous said...

Friday night at 10pm on Fox News Bret Bair is doing a special on the cities that are going broke. I believe the count is almost to 30 now.
Everyone esp municiple employees need to watch this. Alot of these employees think all is fine and the good times will continue to roll which if far from the truth. Not only are people losing jobs but pensions and retirement benefits also.