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 Corcoran will use a $125,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to hire additional career law enforcement officers. The purpose of the COPS Hiring Program grant is to advance community policing through law enforcement staffing. Specifically, grant funds will support the hiring and rehiring of police to increase the jurisdiction's capacity for community policing strategies that prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The five-year award period from October 2022 through September 2027 aligns with the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program's goal of enhancing public safety through community policing partnerships and 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.