What process did the COPS Office use to evaluate applications?
All CHRP applicants provided objective data in their applications regarding their jurisdiction’s fiscal health, UCR-reported crime, and community policing plans. The fiscal health factors accounted for 50 percent of the total application index, and the crime statistics and community policing plans accounted for the other 50 percent. In addition, the COPS Office is legally required to distribute half of the available funding to jurisdictions serving populations of more than 150,000 and the other half to jurisdictions serving populations less than this level. As a result, larger agencies were ranked against each other for half of the available funds ($500,000,000), while smaller agencies were similarly ranked against each other for the remaining half of the funds. The COPS Office is also required to ensure that at least 0.5 percent of CHRP funding (in this case, $5,000,000) is allocated to each state or territory with eligible applicants. For a more detailed description of how applicatio
