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 City of Charlotte was awarded a $1,875,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant will fund the City of Charlotte's efforts to enhance community policing capacity and crime prevention through hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers. Anticipated outcomes include increased community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, organizational changes to support community policing, and greater capacity for community policing activities. The grant has a performance period of October 1, 2024 to September 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.