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Washington, D.C. --- Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) today praised passage by the House of Representatives of the C.O.P.S. Improvements Act, legislation that would allow the Community Oriented Policing Services (C.O.P.S.) program to hire an additional 50,000 police officers to walk beats in our local communities. --- Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) today praised passage by the House of Representatives of the C.O.P.S. Improvements Act, legislation that would allow the Community Oriented Policing Services (C.O.P.S.) program to hire an additional 50,000 police officers to walk beats in our local communities.D.C. --- Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) today praised passage by the House of Representatives of the C.O.P.S. Improvements Act, legislation that would allow the Community Oriented Policing Services (C.O.P.S.) program to hire an additional 50,000 police officers to walk beats in our local communities.
“Putting more police officers in our communities is the most important thing we can do if we are to make our streets safer,” said Holt. “The C.O.P.S. program is directly associated with declines in the violent crimes and property crimes, and we have a duty to support this successful program.”
Between 1995 and 2005, C.O.P.S. funds enabled the hiring of 4,790 officers across the state of New Jersey, including 628 officers walking the beat within New Jersey’s 12th District. 33 school resource officers were hired to make schools safer. A Congressional report indicates that there will be 268 more police officers on the beat, approximately $13 million more for law enforcement grants, 14 additional school resource officers, and an additional $3.6 million in technology grants for law enforcement officers in the 12th District when H.R. 1700 becomes law.
The legislation has been endorsed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Sheriffs’ Association, the Fraternal Order of Police, the National Association of Police Organizations, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the National League of Cities.
“We cannot afford to give up on a program that has led to decreased crime and safer communities,” said Holt. “The C.O.P.S. program and community policing have made citizens of New Jersey and across the nation safer and more secure. I stand with law enforcement officers in commending passage of this bill.”
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