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 Parlier, California will receive $575,844 under a five-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The grant will allow the City to hire additional career law enforcement officers through September 2027 to advance its community policing efforts.

Specifically, grant funds will be used to increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity by hiring and rehiring law enforcement personnel necessary to prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The COPS Hiring Program aims to enhance community policing practices through the hiring of law enforcement officers, in alignment with the COPS Office mission to assist state and local law agencies through the 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program.

Funding under this award program 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.