[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21442-21443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8239]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; FY 2005 Community 
Policing Discretionary Grants

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

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented 
Policing Services (COPS) announces the availability of funds over the 
Tribal Resources Grant Program. This program is designed to meet the 
most serious needs of law enforcement in Indian communities through a 
comprehensive grant program that will offer a variety of funding 
options including: New, additional police officer positions; basic and/
or specialized training for sworn law enforcement officers; training in 
community policing, grants management and computer training; uniforms 
and basic issue equipment; department-wide technology; and police 
vehicles. This program, which complements the COPS Office's efforts to 
fund and support innovative community policing, will enhance law 
enforcement infrastructures and community policing efforts in tribal 
communities which have limited resources and are affected by high rates 
of crime and violence. Applications should reflect the department's 
most serious law enforcement needs and must link these needs to the 
implementation or enhancement of community policing.
    All federally recognized tribes with established police departments 
are eligible to apply. Federally recognized tribes may also apply as a 
consortium with a written partnership agreement that names a lead 
agency and describes how requested resources will serve the 
consortium's population. In addition, tribes that are currently served 
by Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement may request funding 
under this grant program to supplement their existing police services. 
Tribes whose law enforcement services are exclusively provided by local 
policing agencies through a contract agreement are not eligible under 
the COPS TRGP program.

DATES: Applications will be available in April 2005. Federal recognized 
tribes or villages that wish to apply may request

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an application from the COPS Office. The deadline for the submission of 
applications is May 31, 2005. Applications must be postmarked by May 
31, 2005 to be considered eligible.

ADDRESSES: To obtain an application or for more information, call the 
COPS Office Response Center at 1-800-421-6770. A copy of the 
application kit will also be available in April on the COPS Office Web 
site at http://www.cops.usdoj.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The COPS Office Response Center, 1-
800-421-6770 and ask to speak with your Tribal Grant Program 
Specialist.

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 in this nation. The Tribal 
Resources Grant Program was developed to meet the most serious needs of 
law enforcement in tribal communities through a comprehensive grant 
program that will offer a variety of funding options. This program will 
enhance law enforcement infrastructures and community policing efforts 
in these tribal communities, many of which have limited resources and 
are affected by high rates of crime and violence.
    The Tribal Resources Grant Program is part of a larger federal 
initiative which, over the last seven years, has resulted in the 
Department of Interior and Justice working in collaboration to improve 
law enforcement in tribal communities. Funding has been appropriated to 
several DOJ agencies including the FBI, the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance (BJA), the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention (OJJDP) and the COPS Office. COPS is coordinating with these 
agencies as well as with the Office of Law Enforcement Services of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs to ensure that limited resources are not spent 
on duplicative efforts.
    Approximately $20 million in funding will be available under the 
Tribal Resources Grant Program. The grant will cover a maximum federal 
share of 75% of total project costs. A local match requirement of at 
least 25% of total project cost is included in this program. A waiver 
of the local match requirement may be requested but will be granted 
only on the basis of documented demonstrated fiscal hardship. Requests 
for waivers must be submitted with the application.
    Tribes whose law enforcement services are exclusively provided by 
local policing agencies through contract arrangements are not eligible 
under this COPS program.
    Receiving an award under the Tribal Resources Grant Program will 
not preclude grantees from future consideration under other COPS grant 
programs for which they are eligible.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) reference for 
this program is 16.710.

    Dated: April 17, 2005.
Carl Peed,
Director.
[FR Doc. 05-8239 Filed 4-25-05; 8:45 am]
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