Chattanooga, Tennessee | Police Funding Database | LDF

Chattanooga at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	White, not Hispanic or Latino	105,941
	Black or African American	50,945
	American Indian and Alaska native	72
	Asian	4,509
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0
	Two or More Races	8,920
	Hispanic or Latino	20,381

Cities in this database with the most similarly-sized populations

Full-time law enforcement staff, Chattanooga Police Department

439 Officers
106 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

1.6 National average, cities with 100,000 to 249,999 population
2.2 National average

Federal grant funding for Chattanooga

Data was last updated March 24, 2026

We identified over $2.2M in federal grant funding, FY 2016-2026

This city uses an expanded search query and may return additional results compared to other locations. Learn more

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	Department of Justice	$2,227,742

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Chattanooga
Amount	Start and end dates	Recipient and description	Awarding agency	CFDA program	Type
$174,998.00	10/1/2025 9/30/2027	CITY OF CHATTANOOGA THE CHATTANOOGA POLICE DEPARTMENTS DFR (DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER) PROGRAM WILL BE UTILIZED TO ADDRESS A STAFFING SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS ALONG WITH INCREASING RESPONSE TIMES TO CALLS FOR SERVICE WITHIN THE AREAS OF HIGHEST VIOLENT CRIME. THE DFR PROJECT WILL USE DATA DRIVEN APPROACHES TO ADDRESS VIOLE…	Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions	16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants	Prime
$119,270.00	10/1/2025 9/30/2027	CITY OF CHATTANOOGA THE CHATTANOOGA POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL EXTEND AND ENHANCE THE ESTABLISHED CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING (CIT) THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ADVANCED CIT COURSE. THIS PROJECT PROPOSES ONE EIGHT-HOUR ADVANCED CIT COURSE PER YEAR THAT WILL PROVIDE REFRESHER AND RELEVANT UPDATES ON BEST PRACTICES WIT…	Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions	16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants	Prime
$18,942.00	10/1/2021 9/30/2024	CITY OF CHATTANOOGA EFLEA EMERGENCY FUNDING.	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.609 Project Safe Neighborhoods	Sub
$167,841.00	10/1/2021 9/30/2025	CITY OF CHATTANOOGA THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM ALLOWS UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING TRIBES, TO SUPPORT A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT AND CONTROL CRIME BASED ON THEIR OWN STATE AND LOCAL NEEDS AND CONDITIONS. GRANT FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR STATE AND LOCAL INITIATIVES, …	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program	Prime

View all grants

Military equipment transfers

We were unable to locate any military equipment transfers for this location using the LESO Property Transferred to Participating Agencies database published by the Defense Logistics Agency. It is possible that this location has acquired military equipment for policing via other sources or programs.