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 Town of Manchester, Vermont will receive $125,000 through September 2027 from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program grant. The COPS Hiring Program aims to advance community policing through additional law enforcement staffing. With this funding, the Town of Manchester Police Department will hire and rehire career law enforcement officers to increase community policing capacity and prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The COPS Office Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) supports law enforcement partnerships with communities to address public safety through problem-solving techniques and organizational strategies that build community trust.

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.