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 Corbin, Kentucky will receive $250,000 through September 2027 from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program grant. The purpose of this COPS Hiring Program award is to advance community policing through the hiring of additional law enforcement officers. Specifically, the City of Corbin 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 aims to enhance public safety by assisting state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in hiring or rehiring additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase community policing capacities and crime prevention.

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.