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 Newark, New Jersey has been awarded a $1,875,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant funding will support the Newark Police Department's efforts to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention activities. Key anticipated outcomes include:

• Engaging in planned community partnerships
• Implementing projects to analyze and assess problems
• Making changes to personnel and agency management to support community policing
• Increasing the department's capacity to engage in community policing activities

The grant has a performance period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, allowing the Newark Police Department to develop and implement comprehensive community policing strategies over an extended timeframe. This federal grant award builds on the city's previous successes in securing DOJ and FEMA grants to address public safety challenges and enhance community trust through innovative programs and partnerships.

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.