Today, Senator Dick Durbin announced Illinois will get more than $25 Million in recovery Act funds to hire 106 new police officers across the state.
The money is part of the $1 Billion in funds being distributed across the country through the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), COPS Hiring Recovery Program.
Chicago will get more than half of the state's share.
Here's where all the money will go:
Alton Police Department: $862,500 in funding to hire 3 officers
City of Cairo: $125,001 in funding to hire 1 officer
Calumet City: $1,002,925 in funding to hire 5 officers
City of Carbondale: $563,313 in funding to hire 3 officers
City of Chicago: $13,256,100 in funding to hire 50 officers
City of Danville: $736,830 in funding to hire 3 officers
Village of Dixmoor: $ 127,458 in funding to hire 1 officer
East Hazel Crest Police department: $189,217 in funding to hire 1 officer
City of East St. Louis: $673,983 in funding to hire 3 officers
Evergreen park police department: $801,285 in funding to hire 3 officers
Granite City:$652,458 in funding to hire 3 officers
Markham Police Department: $391,264 in funding to hire 2 officers
Matteson Police Department: $486,790 in funding to hire 2 officers
Maywood Police Department: $696,501 in funding to hire 3 officers
Village of Rantoul: $212,458 in funding to hire 1 officer
Richton Park Police Department:$243,758 in funding to hire 1 officer
Village of Riverdale: $515,532 in funding to hire 2 officers
City of Rockford: 3,547,170 in funding to hire 15 officers
Village of Sauk: $238,903 in funding to hire 1 officer
Village of Alorton: $91,616 in funding to hire 1 officer
Zion Police Department: $452,646 in funding to hire 2 officers
