From the U.S. Department of Justice The COPS Office is pleased to announce that the following grant funding opportunity is now open and accepting applications: COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP) The 2025 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program is a competitive grant program that advances public safety by providing funds directly to state law enforcement agencies to investigate illicit activities related to the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine.  Up to $16 million is available for this program. Applications are due by July 2, 2025...

From the U.S. Department of Justice The COPS Office is pleased to announce that the following grant funding opportunity is now open and accepting applications: COPS Hiring Program (CHP) The 2025 COPS Hiring Program is a competitive grant program designed to provide funds directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new or rehire existing career law enforcement officers and to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.  All local, state, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies that have...

From the U.S. Department of Justice The COPS Office is pleased to announce that the following grant funding opportunity is now open and accepting applications: School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) The 2025 COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program is a competitive program that provides funding directly to States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and their public agencies to be used to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the jurisdiction of the grantee.  Up to $73 million...

From the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Please join Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) School Safety on Thursday, May 15 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT for a virtual training on strategies and actions to build stronger emergency plans for kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) schools and districts. Summer break can be a critical time for assessing and updating emergency plans and procedures for the upcoming school year. This training, specifically geared towards school and district administrators and...

Registration is Open Safe Schools and Communities Conference June 10-11, 2025Great Crossing High School, Georgetown, KYHosted by the Kentucky Center for School Safety This two-day event is FREE OF CHARGE and is open to principals, law enforcement officers, school administrators, safe school coordinators, DPPs, and school personnel. Registration will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Attendance at this conference includes membership in the Kentucky Association of School Resource Officers (KYASRO) and the Kentucky DARE Association for law enforcement participants. EILA...

From the desk of Jon Akers, Executive Director of Kentucky Center for School Safety We have been receiving calls about how to school should react when and if ICE immigration agents should show up at one of your schools. KASA just sent this out. Wayne Young comes through once again for all of us. I wanted to be sure you all received it. Please see below. Immigration Information for KASA School Leaders With President Trump’s newest executive orders, school leaders...