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Tall Cop – High in Plain Sight: Current Drug Trends – UPDATE – 1.5 hours (Hosted by the Kentucky Center for School Safety) FREE REGISTRATION

From the desk of Lee Ann Morrison, Research Fellow, and Justice and Law Enforcement, Kentucky Center for School Safety KCSS – High in Plain Sight: Current Drug Trends – UPDATE – 1.5 hours Mon, Sep 29, 2025 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT Please register for KCSS – High in Plain Sight: Current Drug Trends – UPDATE – 1.5 hours on Sep 29, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/93429249987670365 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details on...

Return to School 2025 Virtual Event

From the United States Secret Service NEW RELEASE: Aligning Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management with a Multi-tiered System of Support: Building a Continuum of Prevention and Intervention In anticipation of the Fall 2025 return to school, the U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) will host a virtual event to highlight the Center’s latest release, titled Aligning Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management with a Multi-tiered System of Support: Building a Continuum of Prevention and Intervention. NTAC’s newest publication focuses on how...

UPCOMING WEBINAR | Join the COPS Office’s “How to Apply” Webinar to Learn About Open Funding Opportunities

From the U.S. Department of Justice As the component of the U.S. Department of Justice dedicated to the advancement of community policing, the COPS Office has invested over $20 billion in the law enforcement community since Congress established our office in 1994. Several COPS Office funding opportunities are now accepting applications! Register for a How to Apply webinar on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 11:00am ET. Learn about open funding opportunities, the application process, and gain some helpful tips. Register here for the webinar.

COPS Office Grant Announcements – New Funding Opportunities Open Now!

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...

COPS Office Grant Announcement – New Funding Opportunity Open Now!

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...

2025 End-of-year Considerations

From the desk of Patricia Greer, Director of Kentucky Center for School Safety Resource Center Legislative UpdatesPassed with Line-item Veto by Governor  A last-minute addition to HB 622 changed how school resource officers are funded. The current state budget includes $34.5 million for school resource officers (SROs) at $16,500,000 in fiscal year 2024-25 and $18,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-26. HB 622 allows districts to receive up to $20,000 per full-time certified SRO (with some restrictions). The bill also allows private schools...

COPS Office Grant Announcement – New Funding Opportunity Open Now!

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...

School Safety Summer Planning: Building Stronger K-12 Emergency Plans for the Next School Year (May 15)

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...

KOHS Sextortion Webinar…special announcement

From the desk of Jon Akers, Executive Director of Kentucky Center for School Safety Special webinar on Sextortion to be offered by the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. This is something that is extremely important to know more about. I encourage all public educators (admin. teachers classified etc.), MH, School Nurses, SROs and our private school colleagues as possible to participate. Please see below. Approved for further distribution. This information is being sent on behalf of The Kentucky Office of...

Safe Schools and Communities Conference

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...
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