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 Binghamton Police Department was awarded $375,000 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) by the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services office. Funding will support the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2027.

The COPS Hiring Program aims to advance community policing through grants that enable local law enforcement agencies to increase their community policing capacity. The City of Binghamton will use this award to hire and rehire police officers, with the goal of preventing and disrupting crime and violence through partnership-based approaches and problem solving techniques consistent with the community policing model.

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.