MEDIA ADVISORY

Mayor: Jennifer P. Dougherty

CONTACT: Nancy Gregg Poss, Public Information Officer, 301-360-3842

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 6, 2003

CITY OF FREDERICK TO ADD SEVEN NEW OFFICERS RESULTING FROM AWARD OF COPS GRANT

Earlier today Mayor Jennifer P. Dougherty was by informed Senator Paul Sarbanes' office that the City of Frederick's Police Department had been awarded a total of $525,000 in grant funding for the hiring of seven additional full-time police officers. These grants will assist in funding up to 75 percent of the total salaries and benefits for police officers for the next three years.

Once again the City of Frederick thanks Senators Paul Sarbanes and Barbara Mikulski for their continued effort in ensuring the health and safety of the citizens of the City of Frederick. "This is yet around example of how working with our elected officials helps to serve our neighborhoods and residents," stated Mayor Jennifer Dougherty.

Chief Kim Dine, City of Frederick's Police Department, is a firm believer in community policing. The award of this COPS grant will certainly help his mission. "We are making great strides- in terms of our community policing efforts-working with our newly formed Neighborhood Advisory Councils (NACS), combating crime, our partnership with the community, our interaction and partnership with the business community, and crime prevention. With our reemphasis on community policing, and the additional homeland security duties, the Frederick Police Department is very proud to be selected for this federal grant. Seven additional full-time officers will certainly help in the pursuit of our community policing goals."

Funding for these seven positions comes from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Universal Hiring Program (UHP) administered by the Department of Justice.