Harrisburg, PA — Supporting the Shapiro-Davis Administration’s goal to ensure Pennsylvania’s law enforcement agencies have the tools and personnel to keep our communities safe, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD), has provided more than $3 million in grants to help attract and train high-quality recruits and fill 692 vacant municipal law enforcement positions across the Commonwealth. Additionally, Governor Shapiro has secured state funding for over 800 new Pennsylvania State Troopers – providing funding to add nearly 1,500 new law enforcement officers in our communities in just two years.
See the breakdown for municipal officers funded by PCCD in the chart below. Funding was provided through two of PCCD’s Law Enforcement Recruitment Incentives solicitations, aimed at addressing one of the most pressing public safety and workforce challenges Pennsylvania faces – the hiring shortage of police officers.
| County | Amount awarded | Officers supported |
| Adams | $ 10,000 | 2 |
| Allegheny | $ 484,800 | 96 |
| Beaver | $ 68,000 | 12 |
| Berks | $ 209,510 | 40 |
| Blair | $ 48,000 | 40 |
| Bradford | $ 21,000 | 3 |
| Bucks | $ 58,142 | 13 |
| Butler | $ 41,000 | 7 |
| Cambria | $ 14,000 | 2 |
| Centre | $ 15,000 | 3 |
| Chester | $ 62,890 | 13 |
| Clinton | $ 14,000 | 2 |
| Crawford | $ 8,600 | 4 |
| Cumberland | $ 56,600 | 12 |
| Dauphin | $ 59,600 | 13 |
| Delaware | $ 159,000 | 31 |
| Erie | $ 27,000 | 5 |
| Fayette | $ 3,600 | 3 |
| Franklin | $ 36,000 | 6 |
| Huntingdon | $ 14,000 | 2 |
| Indiana | $ 56,000 | 12 |
| Lackawanna | $ 12,000 | 10 |
| Lancaster | $ 185,002 | 37 |
| Lawrence | $ 70,000 | 14 |
| Lebanon | $ 50,000 | 10 |
| Lehigh | $ 234,671 | 47 |
| Luzerne | $ 22,600 | 14 |
| Lycoming | $ 5,000 | 1 |
| Mercer | $ 50,000 | 11 |
| Monroe | $ 15,000 | 3 |
| Montgomery | $ 125,000 | 25 |
| Northampton | $ 189,906 | 53 |
| Northumberland | $ 31,000 | 5 |
| Philadelphia | $ 351,000 | 78 |
| Pike | $ 17,000 | 3 |
| Somerset | $ 14,000 | 2 |
| Susquehanna | $ 7,000 | 1 |
| Tioga | $ 2,400 | 2 |
| Venango | $ 42,000 | 6 |
| Washington | $ 20,600 | 18 |
| Westmoreland | $ 67,400 | 19 |
| York | $ 68,000 | 12 |
| Total | $ 3,046,321 | 692 |
In addition to investing in hiring, recruiting, and training law enforcement officers, under the Shapiro-Davis Administration, PCCD delivered $5.8 million in grant funding to support law enforcement system upgrades which will enable the reporting of crime statistics to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The 68 approved law enforcement entities can use this funding for upgrades to software, hardware, and labor needed to install NIBRS-compliant record management systems; training on how to collect and submit NIBRS data; and/or technical assistance for personnel responsible for data collection and submission.
The data collected through NIBRS captures greater detail on criminal incidents than its predecessor (Uniform Crime Reporting System), including information on victims, known offenders, relationships between victims and offenders, arrestees, and property involved in crimes. Broader utilization of NIBRS by law enforcement agencies will result in better data collection, which in turn will make law enforcement agencies more effective in keeping Pennsylvania communities safe.
Learn more about the Shapiro-Davis Administration’s investments to make communities safer on PCCD’s website.
