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 County of Gallatin will receive $125,000 from the Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program to hire additional career law enforcement officers through September 2027. Funding under this Project Grant award will allow the County to enhance its community policing capacity in Bozeman, Montana by hiring personnel necessary to prevent and disrupt crime and violence through collaborative partnerships with community members. The Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program aims to advance effective policing practices through community-oriented strategies such as problem solving and organizational transformation, in alignment with the goals of the COPS Office to build public safety through community policing initiatives.

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.