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 Brawley, California was awarded a $1,348,996 project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The grant will support the City of Brawley's hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers through September 2027.

The COPS Hiring Program aims to advance community policing through increasing law enforcement staffing capacity. Funding will allow the City of Brawley Police Department to hire and rehire officers to develop community partnerships and proactively address public safety issues using a problem-solving approach, consistent with the goals of the COPS Office 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.