The Department of Justice would cover about three-quarters of the new officers’ salaries for three years.
By accepting the grant, Fairborn’s police department would agree to pay about $316,000 throughout the three years. The department would also need to retain the two officers for one additional year.
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About 30 other Ohio communities were also awarded the grant.
The funding must be used to initiate community policing or enhance the department’s involvement in community policing with the officers hired or an equal number of veteran officers who have been redeployed to implement that plan.
In the Fairborn Police Department’s grant application, the department stated that they wanted to address the city’s drug problem with community policing.
The department plans to conduct extra patrols in neighborhoods and schools and to meet with citizen groups, according to the grant application.
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