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 Clovis, New Mexico will receive $250,000 through September 2027 from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program grant award. The purpose of the COPS Hiring Program is to advance community policing through additional law enforcement staffing. Specifically, the City of Clovis will use the funding to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers to increase its community policing capacity and prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The COPS Hiring Program award supports the overarching goals of the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to enhance public safety through collaborative problem solving and organizational transformation strategies 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.