Durbin: Recovery Act Funding Will Put 50 More Cops on the Beat in Chicago
$25 million in funding for Illinois will allow for the hiring of 106 new officers
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that Illinois law enforcement agencies will receive a total of $25,867,708 in Recovery Act funding under the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP). Today’s funding will be used to hire or rehire 106 new police officers in Illinois – 50 of which will be in Chicago.
“At a time when tight budgets have forced many law enforcement agencies to reduce the number of officers on duty, today’s funding will help create jobs and increase security in communities that need it the most,” said Durbin. “Putting more cops on the beat will help make our neighborhoods safer.”
Today’s funding is part of the Justice Department’s announcement of $1 billion in COPS grants to 1,046 law enforcement agencies nationwide for the hiring or rehiring of 4,699 law enforcement officers. The grants will provide 100 percent of the salary and benefits for the hired officers for a three year period. The following law enforcement agencies in Illinois will receive funding under the grants:
• Alton Police Department: $862,500 in funding to hire 3 officers.
• City of Cairo: $125,001 in funding to hire 1 officer.
• Calumet City: $1,002,925 in funding to hire 5 officers.
• City of Carbondale: $563,313 in funding to hire 3 officers.
• City of Chicago: $13,256,100 in funding to hire 50 officers.
• City of Danville: $736,830 in funding to hire 3 officers.
• Village of Dixmoor: $127,458 in funding to hire 1 officer.
• East Hazel Crest Police Department: $189,217 in funding to hire 1 officer.
• City of East St. Louis: $673,983 in funding to hire 3 officers.
• Evergreen Park Police Department: $801,285 in funding to hire 3 officers.
• Granite City: $652,458 in funding to hire 3 officers.
• Markham Police Department: $391,264 in funding to hire 2 officers.
• Matteson Police Department: $486,790 in funding to hire 2 officers.
• Maywood Police Department: $696,501 in funding to hire 3 officers.
• Village of Rantoul: $212,458 in funding to hire 1 officer.
• Richton Park Police Department: $243,758 in funding to hire 1 officer.
• Village of Riverdale: $515,532 in funding to hire 2 officers.
• City of Rockford: $3,547,170 in funding to hire 15 officers.
• Village of Sauk: $238,903 in funding to hire 1 officer.
• Village of Alorton: $91,616 in funding to hire 1 officer.
• Zion Police Department: $452,646 in funding to hire 2 officers.