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County Accepts $3.3 Million To Hire 20 New Deputies; Will Cost County $1.1 Million
August 21, 2009
The Escambia County Commission voted Thursday night to accept a $3.3 million, three-year grant to hire 20 new Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies under a federal economic stimulus program.
By agreeing to take part in the COPS Hiring Recovery Program, commissioners committed to funding $1.1 million to keep the deputies on the payroll one year after the three year grant ends.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced $1 billion in funding across the nation including $3,344,620 for the ECSO for 20 deputies in late July. The program includes $1 billion in grants to create or maintain 4,699 sworn officers nationwide under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Only four agencies in Florida — the Miami PD, Jacksonville PD, Polk County SO and Pasco County SO — received funding for more officers than Escambia County.
But the other area agencies that applied — the Flomaton Police Department, Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Department, Poarch Creek Tribal Police Department and the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Department – received nothing. The Atmore Police Department did not apply for funds under the program.
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2 Responses to “County Accepts $3.3 Million To Hire 20 New Deputies; Will Cost County $1.1 Million”
GREAT NEWS! We can always use more police officers. Our county now has a sheriff who knows what is going on and is willing to put the time into the job that is very important to every citizen in our county. We need to take advantage of these grants as the money will go somewhere, might as well be here. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Why did Atmore not try for this? It might have been a job for someone for 3 or 4 years . Who applies for this chief of police or mayor? We could have also used the extra officers. You never know unless you try.