The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has invested $11.4 billion to add community policing officers to the nation's streets, enhance crime fighting technology, support crime prevention initiatives, and provide training and technical assistance to help advance community policing since 1994. Over the years, COPS has awarded more than 38,000 grants to more than 13,000 agencies across the U.S. These grants tackle important and immediate needs of communities across America through 80 innovative grant programs.

COPS funding has made a difference.  The reports published here highlight the projects of more than 200 law enforcement agencies who found innovative uses for COPS funding.  We hope that in presenting them others may benefit from these experiences, and that other agencies can learn from, replicate, and improve on these promising strategies from the field.