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 federal Project Grant award of $6,250,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will fund the City of Tucson, Arizona to hire and/or rehire additional law enforcement officers to increase the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes include enhanced community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze problems, changes to personnel and agency management to support community policing, and increased agency engagement in community policing activities. The grant has a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. The City of Tucson, a U.S. local government entity, will serve as the primary awardee for this grant.

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.