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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that the City of Taylor has been awarded a $500,000 grant so that the police department can hire four additional police officers. The grant was awarded through the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program. 

“Our brave men and women in uniform keep our communities safe every day, and it is critical they have the resources to do their jobs safely and effectively,” said Dingell, who supported the grant in a letter to the Department of Justice earlier this year. “With local police departments across the country dealing with tight budget constraints, this federal funding will allow Taylor to dedicate police officers to areas of greatest need, build relationships with the community and keep our families safe.” 

“This COPS grant will help us to assign four additional officers to areas of higher crime to help us to keep our citizens safe,” said Taylor Chief of Police Mary Sclabassi. “We appreciate Congresswoman Dingell for her unwavering support of our department and city.”

The COPS Hiring Program is designed to advance public safety through community policing by addressing the full-time sworn officer needs of state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide. CHP provides funds directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new or rehire career law enforcement officers and to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.