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 Albia received a $125,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant funding will support the city's efforts to enhance law enforcement capacity and community policing initiatives. Anticipated outcomes include increased community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, changes to personnel and agency management to support community policing, and greater capacity for the agency to engage in community policing activities. This federal grant award demonstrates the city's strategic approach to leveraging federal funding to improve public safety and strengthen community-police relations.

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.