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 Town of Wilmington, Vermont was awarded a $125,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.710, Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants) on October 1, 2024. The grant funding will be used to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers to increase the town's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Key anticipated outcomes include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of the agency to engage in community policing activities. The grant has a performance period of 5 years, from 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.