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, ID 15JCOPS24GG03565UHPX, 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 $625,000 award to Pueblo County Government will fund the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to increase the county's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts over a 5-year period from October 2024 to September 2029. The 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 agency to engage in community policing activities. This grant supports the COPS program's goals of developing and implementing community policing strategies through comprehensive training, technology acquisition, and organizational development initiatives.

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.