Grant funds police officers in Austintown, Boardman

CLEVELAND — Three-year federal Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants will fund two Boardman police officer positions and one officer each in Austintown and Milton townships.

The grants are $125,000 per officer.

The awards to those township police departments are among grants to 11 police agencies in northern Ohio, aimed at creating, and in some cases protecting, 43 law enforcement positions, the U.S. Attorney said.

Over $107 million will be awarded nationally through the COPS program.

“This money will result in more officers on patrol in the Mahoning Valley, getting guns and drugs off the street while strengthening our community,” said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.