$30 million in scholarships going toward hiring local police officers in Michigan
$30 million will be put toward hiring local police officers across the state of Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday.
This money, part of the Public Safety Academy Assistance Program, will be used to help cover basic law enforcement training costs and recruit salaries.
Local law enforcement agencies can apply to receive up to $4,000 per recruit for salaries and benefits, and up to $20,000 for academy tuition and other training costs.
“This grant program will help local law enforcement agencies screen, hire and enroll individuals to a basic law enforcement training academy increasing the number of police officers in our state,” said Timothy S. Bourgeois, Executive Director of the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES). “The availability of these scholarships may allow agencies to recruit and hire police officers who may otherwise not have had the means to pay to attend a law enforcement academy.”
Funding for the program comes from the Fiscal Year 2023 bipartisan budget Governor Whitmer signed in July.
Applications are now open for law enforcement agencies who plan to enroll recruits in an academy beginning on or after January 1, 2023.
The program will be active until September 30, 2026, or until the funds have been used up.
