The City of Columbus receives federal grant money to help with funding and hiring police.

 Columbus has been awarded a grant of $125,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice through the C.O.P.S. Hiring Program. Grant funds will be used over the next 3 years to support the School Resource Officer position.

The C.O.P.S. Hiring Program is designed to provide direct funding for law enforcement agencies to hire or rehire career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing and crime prevention efforts.