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 County of Lafayette was awarded a $121,841 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 program (CFDA 16.710). The grant, with a performance period from October 2024 to September 2029, is intended to enhance the county's law enforcement capacity and community policing efforts. The anticipated outcomes include increased engagement in community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, changes to personnel and agency management to support community policing, and an overall increase in the county's capacity to engage in community policing activities.

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.