If a grant application is approved, the Bulloch County Sheriff's Department will possibly add three deputies to its roster. Bulloch County commissioners voted Tuesday morning to approve the COP (Community Oriented Policing) grant application after Bulloch County sheriff's Chief Deputy Jared Akins submitted the written request to commissioners. Akins also spoke during the meeting, and told commissioners the grant, if approved, may take months.Funded by the U. S. Department of Justice, the grant would pay 75 percent of the new deputies' salaries and fringe benefits, with the county picking up the tab for the remaining 25 percent, he said.