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 Dillon, South Carolina will receive $123,493 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program to advance community policing through additional law enforcement hiring. Specifically, grant funds will support the hire and rehire of career law officers to increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity and help prevent and disrupt crime and violence from October 2022 to September 2027. The award is being provided under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), which aims to enhance public safety through community policing strategies developed through partnerships between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

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.