Which federal initiative funds community policing and supports hiring of local officers?

• A. Kansas City preventative patrol experiment
• B. Slave patrols
• C. Black codes
• D. COPS Program

Answer: (D)

The concept tested here is federal support for community-based policing and local officer hiring. The COPS Program is built specifically to fund community policing efforts by providing grants to state and local law enforcement agencies to hire additional officers, train them, and implement strategies that emphasize partnerships with the community to prevent crime and improve public safety. It is administered by the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and was created to expand the presence of community-focused policing, not just traditional patrols.

Historically, the other options do not fit this purpose. The Kansas City preventative patrol experiment was a research study from the 1970s examining patrol strategies, not a federal funding program. Slave patrols and Black codes refer to early policing practices tied to oppression and control in U.S. history, not modern federal initiatives for funding community policing and local officer hiring.

So, the initiative that funds community policing and supports hiring local officers is the COPS Program.