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 Gore was awarded a $151,005 Project Grant under the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will fund the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to increase the town's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Key anticipated outcomes include enhanced 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's police department to engage in community policing activities. The award period spans from October 1, 2024 to 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.