[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26646-26647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12213]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Office of Community Oriented Policing Services FY 2003 Community 
Policing Discretionary Grants

AGENCY: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department 
of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented 
Policing Services (COPS) announces the availability of Homeland 
Security Overtime Program (HSOP) grants to pay up to 75 percent of 
anticipated overtime costs and appropriate fringe benefits for non-
supervisory sworn personnel (above and beyond what is currently 
budgeted, or will be budgeted for overtime during the grant period). 
Funds may be used for a period of one year, and will cover up to 75 
percent of a department's anticipated overtime costs up to the maximum 
allowable

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based on the following funding criteria. Law Enforcement agencies can 
apply for funding based on the size of the population they serve or the 
size of their current budgeted sworn strength at the time of 
application.

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                                      An actual sworn    Can apply for:
 Agency serving populations:     or        force:          (dollars)
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Under 24,999.................  .....  1-49...........             25,000
From 25,000 to 49,999........  .....  50-99..........             50,000
From 50,000 to 99,999........  .....  100-199........            100,000
From 100,000 to 249,999......  .....  200-499........            250,000
From 250,000 to 499,999......  .....  500-999........            500,000
From 500,000 to 999,999......  .....  1,000-1,999....          1,000,000
Over 1,000,000...............  .....  Above 2,000....          3,000,000
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    A minimum 25 percent local cash match, paid with state or local 
funds, is required. To qualify for funding, overtime must be accrued 
after the grant award start date and must supplement the agency's state 
or locally-funded officer overtime budgets. Funding may be used once 
the anticipated overtime begins on or after the date of the award, and 
will be paid over the course of the grant. HSOP grants cannot be used 
to reimburse grantees for overtime expenditures that occur prior to the 
award start date. All policing agencies with primary law enforcement 
authority are eligible to apply for this program.

DATES: The priority consideration deadline for Homeland Security 
Overtime Program (HSOP) funding is postmarked June 13, 2003. The second 
and final deadline date for all HSOP applications is postmarked June 
27, 2003. All HSOP applications must be postmarked by the final 
deadline date to be eligible. Applications postmarked after the final 
deadline date will not be considered. All grant awards are subject to 
the availability of funds. In the event that HSOP funding requests 
exceed available grant funds, applications may be considered in 
subsequent fiscal years subject to the availability of funding. Since 
funding is limited under HSOP, we encourage interested agencies to 
apply early.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of an application or for additional 
information, call the U.S. Department of Justice Response Center at 1-
800-421-6770. The HSOP application kit and information on the COPS 
Office are also available on the Internet via the COPS Web site at: 
www.cops.usdoj.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Overview

    The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 
103-322) authorizes the Department of Justice to make grants to 
increase deployment of law enforcement officers devoted to community 
policing on the streets and rural routes of this nation. The Homeland 
Security Overtime Program (HSOP) enables interested agencies to 
supplement their current overtime budget through federal grants for one 
year. HSOP grants can be used to pay officer overtime during homeland 
security training sessions and other law enforcement activities that 
are designed to assist in the prevention of acts of terrorism and other 
violent and drug-related crimes. All policing agencies possessing 
primary law enforcement authority are eligible to apply for this 
program.
    Grants will be made for up to 75 percent of the overtime and 
appropriate fringe benefits for anticipated overtime for one year, up 
to the maximum based on the aforementioned funding categories, with a 
required minimum 25 percent local cash match to be paid with state or 
local funds. The use of federally funded overtime can not begin until 
on or after the award start date. Waivers of the local match will not 
be available for grants awarded under this particular program.
    COPS grant funds may not be used to replace funds that eligible 
agencies otherwise would have budgeted and expended for overtime in the 
absence of the grant. Agencies may not rely on the availability of HSOP 
grant funding to reduce the amount of state or local funds budgeted and 
expended for officer overtime in their current or future budget cycle. 
In other words, any federally funded overtime must be in addition to, 
and not in lieu of, overtime that otherwise would have been locally 
budgeted and expended.
    An award under the COPS Homeland Security Overtime Program will not 
affect the consideration of an agency's eligibility for a grant under 
other COPS programs.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) reference for 
this program is 16.710.

    Dated: April 25, 2003.
Carl R. Peed,
Director, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.
[FR Doc. 03-12213 Filed 5-15-03; 8:45 am]
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