The purpose of the cops hiring program (CHP) program is to advance the practice of community policing through the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers

The City of Seat Pleasant, Maryland will receive $2.125 million under a five-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The purpose of the award is to support the COPS Hiring Program, which aims to advance community policing through additional law enforcement staffing. Specifically, grant funds will be used by the City of Seat Pleasant Police Department to hire and rehire career law officers, increasing community policing capacity to prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The award aligns with the COPS program's goal of enhancing public safety through community policing strategies developed through partnerships between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

Funding under this award will be utilized by local law enforcement agencies to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers necessary to increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity to prevent and disrupt crime and violence.