WYTV – Police departments in Newton Falls and Youngstown are getting enough federal funds to hire eight recently-returned military veterans.

The U.S. Department of Justice is awarding Youngstown Police Department with $727,398 and Newton Falls Police Department with $125,000 through the Vets to COPS program. Youngstown can hire seven officers and Newton Falls one, according to a release from the office of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown.