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 Stockbridge, Georgia will receive $1.25 million under a five-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grant will allow the city to hire additional career law enforcement officers from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2027. The purpose of providing this funding is to enhance the city's community policing capacity and help prevent and disrupt crime and violence through the addition of police personnel. This award is aligned with the goals of the COPS program's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to build partnerships between law enforcement and communities to collaboratively address public safety challenges through problem-solving techniques.

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.