Federal Funding to Police Departments in 2020 | |
CARES Act funding from the Justice Department to state and local police[i] | $850 million |
2020 Justice Assistance funding from Justice Department to state and local police[ii] | $349 million |
2020 COPS funding from Justice Department to state and local police [iii] | $394 million |
Military equipment sent by Department of Defense to state and local police YTD[iv] | $58 million |
TOTAL | $1.6 billion |
Even More Federal Funding Proposed in the HEROES Act | |
Funding from the Justice Department to state and local law police[v] | $300 million |
Additional COPS funding to state and local police[vi] | $300 million |
TOTAL | $600 million |
What alternatives for achieving public safety could $2.2 billion support? | |
2,750 Crisis Intervention Teams to respond to 911 Mental Health calls[vii] | |
36,000 Gun Violence Prevention outreach workers[viii] | |
176,000 Transitional jobs for people leaving jail and prison[ix] | |
336,000 People could receive drug treatment for Opioids[x] |