Provide $30 million to local law enforcement to combat crystal meth.

Charles E. Schumer · New York · Democratic

spending impact 0.74 specificity 0.95 extraction confidence 98%

Occurrences

provide $30 million to local law enforcement

Schumer committed to direct $30 million toward local law enforcement efforts against meth.

Schumer Unveils Plan To Clamp Down On Crystal Meth In Binghamton Area Before Drug Becomes A Local Epidemic
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The plan includes increased federal funding to local law enforcement agencies for their meth prevention and apprehension programs.

Schumer committed to increasing federal funding for local law enforcement to help prevent and apprehend meth offenses.

Schumer Receives Prestigious National Aw... | Senator Chuck Schumer of New York
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Evidence

"PROVIDE $30 MILLION DOLLARS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT: Schumer's plan would create new Crystal Meth Police Grants under the COPS Program which would provide 3 year grants to state and local law enforcement agencies with significant crystal meth problems from the Department of Justice to hire police officers who would form Crystal Meth Units and concentrate on eradicating meth abuse in their communities."

Schumer publicly proposed $30 million in COPS-based grants for state and local law enforcement to fight crystal meth, but this is a campaign proposal rather than proof the money was actually delivered.

never unknown A for effort

Schumer Unveils Plan To Clamp Down On Crystal Meth In Binghamton Area Before Drug Becomes A Local Epidemic
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"Through the COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP), the COPS Office is also awarding $12 million to 12 state law enforcement agencies... State agencies are being awarded three years of funding through CAMP to support the location or investigation of illicit activities related to the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine."

Federal anti-meth law-enforcement grants were later awarded under DOJ COPS, but this does not show Schumer fulfilled the specific promised $30 million campaign pledge.

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Department of Justice Announces $42 Million to Combat Illegal Manufacture and Distribution of Methamphetamine and Opioids
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The FY26 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program is now open; COPS lists up to $13.5 million available, with awards to state law enforcement agencies.

Latest lookback check found a current FY2026 COPS anti-meth funding opportunity, but it is a later state-agency program capped at $13.5 million, not a new sign that the original $30 million local law-enforcement pledge was newly delivered or reversed.

unresolved later_term

COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP)
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Schumer's plan would create new Crystal Meth Police Grants under the COPS Program and provide $30 million to state and local law enforcement agencies.

Schumer made the relevant campaign-period commitment: a COPS-based $30 million grant proposal for state and local law enforcement to address crystal meth.

unresolved unknown A for effort

Schumer Unveils Plan To Clamp Down On Crystal Meth In Binghamton Area Before Drug Becomes A Local Epidemic
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Under Community Oriented Policing Services, Congress provided $52,556,000 for policing initiatives to combat methamphetamine production and trafficking and drug hot spots.

After the 2004 pledge, enacted FY2005 appropriations placed more than $30 million in COPS funding for anti-meth policing initiatives, matching the core spending-and-law-enforcement substance of the promise even though the law text does not use Schumer's proposed 'Crystal Meth Police Grants' label.

delivered same_term A for effort

Public Law 108-447, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
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The Senate agreed to the H.R. 4818 conference report; Schumer (D-NY) is recorded as Yea.

Schumer voted for the appropriations conference report that became Public Law 108-447, the enacted bill containing the COPS anti-meth policing appropriation.

delivered same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 108th Congress - 2nd Session, Vote 215
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Under Community Oriented Policing Services, Congress provided $63,590,000 for policing initiatives to combat methamphetamine production and trafficking and drug hot spots.

During Schumer's 2005-2011 term, Congress again enacted COPS anti-meth policing funding well above the promised $30 million level, strengthening the evidence that the core commitment was delivered in the relevant Senate term.

delivered same_term A for effort

Public Law 109-108, Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
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Assessments

delivered same_term A for effort

Schumer promised a $30 million COPS-based law-enforcement funding stream to combat crystal meth. After the 2004 campaign, Congress enacted FY2005 COPS funding of $52.556 million for policing initiatives to combat methamphetamine production and trafficking and drug hot spots, exceeding the promised amount and matching the core substance of local law-enforcement anti-meth funding even if not under the exact proposed grant label. Schumer was serving in the Senate and voted for the conference report that became the enacted law, giving him direct legislative participation. Later COPS anti-meth grants are less relevant because the core promise had already been met.

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never unknown A for effort

Schumer’s 2004 campaign pledge was to provide $30 million through new COPS-based Crystal Meth Police Grants for local law enforcement. The evidence shows he publicly advanced that proposal during the federal Senate campaign, but it does not show that Congress enacted or DOJ delivered the promised $30 million program during the relevant term. A later 2020 DOJ COPS anti-meth grant announcement provided $12 million to state agencies as part of a broader $42 million package, not the specific $30 million local law-enforcement commitment, and the evidence does not connect that outcome materially to Schumer’s pledge. This supports credit for effort, but not fulfillment.

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never unknown A for effort

Schumer publicly proposed creating $30 million in COPS-based Crystal Meth Police Grants for state and local law enforcement during the 2004 federal Senate campaign context, but the supplied record does not show that this specific $30 million program was enacted or funded. The later DOJ COPS anti-meth awards in 2020 were smaller/different in structure and do not establish Schumer-specific delivery of the promised outcome. This supports credit for effort, but not fulfillment.

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