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 Tiverton Police Department was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.710 - Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants) on October 1, 2024. This grant funding is intended to enhance the department's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts over a 5-year performance period ending on September 30, 2029. The anticipated outcomes include increased 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 enhanced capacity for the agency to conduct community policing activities. The COPS Hiring Program provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to build their community policing capabilities and improve public safety.

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.