(See 34 CFR 75.210 for details.) Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants 326 AUTHORIZATION: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3796, as amended; Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Title I, Part Q, Public Law 103-322. OBJECTIVES: Grants are to be made to increase police presence, to improve cooperative efforts between law enforcement agencies and members of the community, to expand community policing efforts through the use of technology and other innovative strategies, to address crime and disorder problems, and to otherwise enhance public safety. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: At least 85 percent of grant funds may be used to hire or rehire career law enforcement officers; procure equipment, technology or support systems (if such expenditures can be shown to result in an increase of officers deployed in community- oriented policing equal to or greater than the increase resulting from a grant for direct hiring or rehiring of officers); up to 15 percent of grant funds may support programs or projects to (a) increase the number of officers involved in activities focused on interaction with members of the community on proactive crime control and prevention, (b) provide specialized training to officers to enhance conflict resolution, mediation, problem solving, service and other skills
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