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$625,000 Grant Will Pay For New Police Officers

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin have announced a $625,000 federal grant that will let the Hagerstown Police Department to hire five new officers.

The Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, Hiring Program, requires that all new law-enforcement positions funded by the program be filled by recent military veterans.

Hagerstown Police Chief Arthur Smith tells the Hagerstown Herald-Mail that the grant is a win-win situation for the community. He added it will take more than a year for the positions to be filled.

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