Over $600 Million in Grant Funding for Law Enforcement Agencies

Funding for RITE’s Mental Health Training

RITE Training continues to prove that Emotional health issues are one of the biggest risks to public service professionals. Recognizing signs and symptoms of personal and work stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts, builds up an officer’s positive mental health.

Although IQ helps us pass exams, our EQ or Emotional intelligence (EI), is what helps us manage stress. RITE is proud to back this DOJ grant, and has the stats for improved officer mental health.

1. Trained over 1500 agencies on mental health
2. Certified over 975 RITE Trainers to teach their agency mental health and wellness
3. Over 550,000 RITE Tools and hundreds of newsletters for improved mental health
4. Improved mental health reduces use-of-force incidents
5. Decrease public complaints by 60% and increase public compliments by 50%

Share this latest DOJ release with your agency’s grant writer, training division, and agency leaders.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced that it has awarded over $600 million in grant funding to law enforcement agencies and stakeholders across the country.

This funding will go to support a wide range of efforts, from hiring new law enforcement officers and keeping our schools safe, to expanding programs that support law enforcement mental health and wellness services and combating the distribution and trafficking of illicit drugs.

“…expanding programs that support law enforcement mental health and wellness services”

The funding was announced as part of the Justice Department’s celebration of the 30th anniversary of the COPS Office, commemorating 30 years since the passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. Since that time, the COPS Office has advanced community policing across the country by providing a variety of resources, including grant funding, training, technical assistance, and a wide range of publications and other resources.

“Since its founding 30 years ago, the COPS Office has shown the country what it looks like to put the values of community-oriented policing into action,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “This coming year, the Justice Department will provide funding for 235 police departments to hire nearly 1,200 additional officers. As we celebrate this milestone and announce this funding, we recommit ourselves to the COPS Office’s mission, and to the belief that everyone in this country deserves to feel safe, and to be safe, in their communities.”

“For 30 years, the COPS Office has been crucial to keeping our communities safe,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. “From helping communities build public safety capacity by putting more cops on the beat to helping law enforcement professionals build resilience — the COPS office has been a game changer for public safety.”

“Over the past three decades, the COPS Office has provided vital resources, training, and support to law enforcement agencies across the country to help them implement community policing strategies,” said Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer. “That support is based on the foundational tenet that communities are safer when law enforcement and community members work in true partnership.” 

“As the COPS Office celebrates its 30th anniversary of working with local, state, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies, these grants are another example of the tremendous support we have been able to offer the law enforcement field over the years,” said Director Hugh T. Clements Jr. of the COPS Office. “These grants are one more way we work to ensure law enforcement and community members get the support they need as they continue to strive to keep their communities safe.”

Over $9 million for the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) program to improve the delivery of and access to mental health and wellness services for law enforcement and support staff.

The funding announced today includes:

The COPS Office is the federal component of the Justice Department responsible for advancing community policing nationwide. The only Justice Department agency with policing in its name, the COPS Office was established in 1994 and has been the cornerstone of the nation’s crime fighting strategy with grants, a variety of knowledge resource products, and training and technical assistance.

Through the years, the COPS Office has become the go-to organization for law enforcement agencies across the country and continues to listen to the field and provide the resources that are needed to reduce crime and build trust between law enforcement and the communities served.

The COPS Office has been appropriated more than $20 billion to advance community policing, including grants awarded to more than 13,000 state, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to fund the hiring and redeployment of approximately 138,000 officers.

Original release by the DOJ can be found Here

RITE is ready to train your agency!

Agencies providing mental health resources, training, and peer support, are leading by example. It’s time to support officer mental health and well-being. It’s time to reduce the mental health stigma through education like what RITE offers, to help those suffering from post-traumatic stress or PTSD.

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