FY26 COPS Technology and Equipment Program
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The Community Oriented Policing Services office is offering the FY26 COPS Technology and Equipment Program, a discretionary federal grant to support law enforcement technology, equipment, and interoperable communications. The program funds state, territorial, local, Tribal, and other designated entities to develop and acquire tools that help prevent and respond to crime and expand community policing. Equipment supported under the program should meet applicable National Institute of Standards and Technology Office of Law Enforcement Standards requirements, and the opportunity is invitational rather than open to all applicants. Applications are due July 16, 2026, with no cost sharing required, and the grant has an estimated total program funding level of $401,406,387 with awards up to $20,000,000.
Eligible Applicants
This is an invitational program. Eligible applicants are limited to those identified in the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) for the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-74) for the projects designated for funding. The legal name (or “doing business as” name) associated with the applicant’s unique entity identifier (UEI) as registered in the System of Award Management (SAM) must coincide with the agency name listed in the JES. State and local governmental entities must comply with 8 U.S.C. §1373, which provides that State and local government entities may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to, receiving from, maintaining, or exchanging information regarding citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual with components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or any other federal, state or local government entity. This includes any prohibitions or restrictions imposed or established by a State or local government entity or official.
Grant Documents
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