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 Project Grant award of $500,000.00 was provided by 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, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support the City of Edinburg, Texas, through its Community Development division, in developing and implementing community policing strategies. Anticipated outcomes include enhanced community partnerships, analysis of local public safety issues, organizational changes to support community policing, and increased capacity for community engagement activities. The grant funding will enable the city to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers to increase its community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.

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.