Walking in the Street, police departments across the country received millions of dollars from the federal government each year. Our financial contributions to the federal government through taxes make each of us stakeholders in the service and conduct of law enforcement officers. It is important for taxpayers to have clear information on the use of federal funds increase transparency is critical to holding police departments accountable to the communities they serve every. Thousands of local jurisdictions across the country are eligible to apply for federal funding for law enforcement agencies. police departments may use Grant funds for a wide range of policing activities and equipment, including hiring new officers, increasing law enforcement presence in schools and purchasing body warn cameras before receiving federal Grant funds, Police departments must certify that they will follow all of the requirements of title six of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, -, four and Section 504. The Rehabilitation Act among other laws title six prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or National origin by recipients of funding from the Federal Government Section. 504 prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities and programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. If law enforcement agencies violate title six section 504 or other applicable laws, they're at risk of. Their federal funds, the National Police funding database, created by the third Good Marshall Institute at the end of a ACP Legal Defense Fund provides publicly available data on federal grants awarded since 2007 to more than 150 cities and counties across the nation. It displays the total amount of Grant funds that the federal government gave to a particular city or police Department, and in many cases shows how that money. To be spent, the tool also includes data about the racial and ethnic demographics in each city or County. We're available. The database provides data on individual police misconduct complaints, including information on the race, ethnicity, gender and age of the complaint, Ant and police officer. We also provide information were available on settlement awards paid by cities and counties to resolve police misconduct claims in recent years we encourage. To use the National police funding database to research the type of funding your city or police Department has received and what it supports. You could use this information in several ways. First, you may ask questions of city officials. for example, If you're a city received a Grant to purchase body worn cameras or higher new officers, then you may want to know how this funding is being spent and where these new officers are deployed if you believe. Your police Department has discriminated against you individually or against groups of individuals based on race, color, National origin, disability or other protected characteristics. Then you could file a complaint with the federal agency that provided that funding usually the Department of Justice's Office of Justice programs, go to our database to learn more about how to use the data together. We can promote fair and accountable policing practices in a collective effort to keep our community safe.