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San Francisco Police Department reports $16.56 million COPS hiring award to add 50 officers

San Francisco Police Commission · July 29, 2009
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Summary

In the commission’s chief’s report, the department said it had received $16,562,750 in COPS hiring funding that would add 50 officers in the next fiscal year; the department said the award corresponds to the program cap and that local staff are preparing to stand up a fall academy class.

The San Francisco Police Department announced during the chief's report to the Police Commission that it had been awarded $16,562,750 in COPS hiring funding to add 50 officers in the next fiscal year.

The department told the commission that the COPS hiring category in the federal recovery (stimulus) funding had strict caps and that San Francisco’s allocation matched the program’s 50‑officer cap for an award of…

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