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The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994authorized the creation of an intergovernmental grant programwithin the U.S. Department of Justice to fund the hiring andredeployment of 100,000 additional community policingofficers on America's streets. The program that administers thegrants is the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services(COPS).
The Bush Administration's budget for fiscal year 2004 recommendsmajor changes at the U.S. Department of Justice. Among theAdministration's proposals are that hiring grants administered bythe Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) beeliminated in FY 2004 and that overall funding for COPS be reducedto retarget funding for more urgent priorities.
This is a letter to the editor from the Herald & Review opinion section.
This is a letter to the editor from the Herald & Review opinion section.
The United Methodist Church Council of Bishops has denounced what they call the “idolatry of guns,” demanding that measures be taken to curb gun violence in the United States, including restoring a ban on so-called assault weapons.