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 Hammond was awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CFDA 16.710) on October 1, 2024. This grant funding supports the City of Hammond's efforts to increase its community policing capacity and crime prevention initiatives. Anticipated outcomes of the COPS Hiring Program award include the city'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 of the agency to conduct community policing activities. The grant has a performance period ending on 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.