If you read real close you will see that the grant only pays 75% of the officer’s entry-level salary and benefits for three years, The tax payers pick up the rest.
Hopefully they follow the rules this time and hire a veteran.
By Jessica Beym/South Jersey Times
Gloucester City will receive a $125,000 federal grant to add a new patrol officer to its force, according to Police Chief George Berglund and Rep. Rob Andrews, D-1st Dist. of Haddon Heights.The annual grant is awarded through the Department of Justice COPS Hiring Program and is aimed at bolstering public safety by providing local law enforcement agencies with federal aid to hire new officers or rehire those who were recently laid off due to budget cuts, Andrews said.
As an added feature to this year’s grant, the program requires any new hire to have at least 180 days of active service in the U.S. military that dates anytime after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Also, the veteran must have been honorably discharged to be eligible. The CHP grant pays for 75 percent of the officer’s entry-level salary and benefits for three years.
“This grant is designed not only to provide a higher level of public safety in our neighborhoods, but it’s also aimed to provide jobs for recently discharged military veterans,” said Andrews. “The men and woman who have bravely served our nation certainly deserve more opportunities like this when they return home. The community will benefit from the honor and skills that these veterans gained as soldiers when they begin their beat as newly hired police officers.”
“The Gloucester City Police Department would like to thank Congressman Andrews for his help in putting more officers on the streets of Gloucester City,” said Chief Berglund. “During times of shrinking budgets we must all seek out alternative means and we very much appreciate the efforts of Congressman Andrews and others to help us fill in the gaps.”
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