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 Randolph received a $125,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to enhance its community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to engage in planned community partnerships, implement projects to analyze and assess problems, make changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increase the town's capacity to participate in community policing activities. This federal grant program aims to assist state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in advancing public safety through the implementation of community policing strategies, promoting collaborative partnerships between law enforcement and community stakeholders.

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.