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 Madera, California will receive $500,000 from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program to hire additional career law enforcement officers through September 2027. The purpose of the COPS Hiring Program grant award is to advance community policing through new law enforcement hires who will increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity to prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The COPS Office's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program aims to enhance law enforcement effectiveness and build capacity for community policing through partnerships between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve to collaboratively address public safety issues.

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.