Senators announce $1.2M in COPS grants to battle opiod crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker announced that the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety has been awarded $1,279,255 in federal funding from the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Anti-Heroin Task Force (AHTF) Program to advance efforts to combat the Garden State’s heroin and prescription opioid abuse epidemic.
"Opioid addiction has taken a devastating toll on our nation and continues to tear individuals, families and communities apart across New Jersey,” said Booker. “The key to finding long-term solutions to this crisis is supporting partnerships between public health and public safety agencies through federal investments like this. I stand committed to fighting for federal resources that support law enforcement efforts, bolster substance abuse and mental health treatment funding, and promote public awareness and education on the issue so that, together, we can tackle this crisis head on.”
The AHTF program is designed to advance public safety by providing funds to investigate illicit activities related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful distribution of prescriptive opioids, or unlawful heroin and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide collaboration.