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…

This $125,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program under CFDA 16.710 (Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants), will support the Town of Scituate, RI in hiring and/or rehiring additional career law enforcement officers. The goal is to increase the town's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes include the town's 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 for the town to conduct community policing activities. The grant period extends from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 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.