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Law enforcement agencies of nine Arizona
Indian tribes will receive more than $9 million in grants, the Justice
Department announced August 15, 2002. The tribal police departments were among 150 in 28 states named as recipients of $34.8 million from the Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. The grants provide funds to help tribal police departments hire officers, buy basic equipment, secure technical and training assistance and obtain crime fighting technology. The program has given more than $130 million since 1999 to Indian law enforcement agencies. The Navajo tribe will receive nearly $5.5 million, more than half of the total grants provided in Arizona, with its Division of Public Safety getting $1.35 million for hiring and another $1.79 million for equipment and training, while its Department of Resource Enforcement will get $856,580 for equipment and training and $1.49 million for hiring. The Hopi tribe will receive $1.66 million; San Carlos Apache tribe $657,293; Fort Mojave tribal police $265,755; Gila River Indian Community $258,479; Quechan Indian tribe $256,576; Hualapai Indian tribe $219,750; Fort McDowell Yavapai nation $124,000, and the Pascua Yaqui police $120,990. COPS director Carl Peed said the grants bring resources "that ultimately translate into more effective law enforcement practices, better community policing and safer neighborhoods. |
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