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 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program awarded a $242,433 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program to the Grant Parish Sheriff's Office in Colfax, Louisiana. The grant funding will be used over a 5-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029 to increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Key anticipated outcomes include enhanced community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, changes to personnel and agency management to support community policing, and increased capacity for community policing activities. The Grant Parish Sheriff's Office has a track record of leveraging federal grant funding to support technological upgrades, personnel development, crime prevention, and specialized investigative and victim support services.

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.