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 Inver Grove Heights received a $375,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, aims to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers to increase the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The anticipated outcomes of the CHP award include engaging in planned community partnerships, implementing projects to analyze and assess problems, making changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increasing the city's capacity to engage in community policing activities. The grant has a performance period of 5 years, with a planned completion date of 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.