WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2009. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that Illinois law enforcement agencies will receive a total of $1,865,151 in funding from the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). Today’s funding – part of a nationwide announcement of $27 million in COPS grants – will be used for school safety and to locate, arrest, and prosecute child sexual predators and exploiters.
