The cops hiring program (CHP) provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity…

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) awarded a $500,000 COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.710) grant to the Lamar County Sheriff's Department in Purvis, Mississippi. The grant funding is intended to support the department's efforts to enhance community policing strategies and crime prevention initiatives. Key anticipated outcomes of the award include increased community engagement, implementation of projects to analyze and assess public safety issues, changes to personnel and management practices to better support community policing, and an overall expansion of the department's capacity to carry out community-oriented policing activities. The 5-year grant period runs from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2029.

The cops hiring program (CHP) provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes of CHP awards include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of agency to engage in community policing activities.