US Attorney U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron Announces Award of $3 Million in Federal Funds to Advance Community Policing in Maryland

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Press Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland – United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron announced today that three cities in the District of Maryland have received grants totaling $3 million from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The Department of Justice announced more than $139 million in grant funding through the program. The grants will provide direct funding to 183 law enforcement agencies across the nation, allowing those agencies to hire 1,066 additional full-time law enforcement professionals, including 24 officers in Maryland.

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