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 Payette, Idaho 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 project grant award is to advance community policing through the hiring or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers. Specifically, the City of Payette will use the funding to hire and rehire police officers to increase its community policing capacity and help prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The COPS Hiring Program aims to enhance public safety through the implementation of community policing strategies as defined in the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program of the COPS Office.

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.