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 Municipality of Juana Diaz received a $487,562 COPS Hiring Program grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Program. The purpose of the grant is to advance community policing through the hiring of additional law enforcement officers. Funding will be used by the Municipality to hire career law enforcement officers to increase community policing capacity and prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The COPS Office was established to assist law enforcement agencies in enhancing effectiveness and building capacity for public safety through community policing strategies involving partnerships 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.