President Joe Biden has succeeded in boosting the budget of the Community Oriented Policing Program, which helps local jurisdictions address the potential for crime. 

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, created by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, received $386 million in funding in fiscal year 2021.

Biden sought $651 million for the program in his fiscal year 2022 budget request, which would have been a 69% increase of $265 million.

In Congress' final version of the bill, which Biden signed, the program received a smaller increase than Biden sought. The program ended up with $511 million for fiscal year 2022, a $125 million, or 32%, increase from fiscal year 2021.

In Biden's fiscal year 2023 budget request, he again sought $651 million for the program. Lawmakers are working out the details of a spending bill, so it remains to be seen whether lawmakers will completely fund what Biden asked for.

Biden hasn't yet reached the $300 million increase he had pledged on the campaign trail, but the program's funding has risen by a notable amount, and Congress has two years left to further boost it. This promise remains In the Works.