9-28-11 Congressman Dan Lungren (R-Gold River), spoke at a press conference praising the announcement of the 2011 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) hiring program awards. Lungren was joined by COPS Director Bernard Melekian from the US Department of Justice and area representatives. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s and Sacramento Police Departments have received funding to place 50 police officersback on the street.
COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grants provide funding to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to hire, preserve and/or rehire career law enforcement officers in an effort to create and preserve jobs and increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Congressman Lungren released the following statement:
"I am very pleased to see that once again the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office and City of Sacramento Police Department have been selected to receive federal grant funding through the COPS Office. Once the program was funded, I have supported our region's efforts from the first day. As the former top cop of California, I understand the impact 50 officers will have on the safety and well-being of our County and the City of Sacramento. Our Sheriff and police forces are amongst the finest in the nation and it comes as no surprise to me that they would be selected for this award."
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