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 Niagara Falls, New York will receive up to $1.5 million under a five-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The funding will support the COPS Hiring Program, which aims to advance community policing through additional law enforcement staffing. Specifically, the City will use the award to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers to increase its community policing capacity and help prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The COPS Office established the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program to assist law enforcement agencies in building partnerships with communities and adopting problem-solving strategies, in accordance with the philosophy of community policing.

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.