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 $125,000 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 award will fund the hire and retention of additional career law enforcement officers for Milton Township, Ohio, with the goal of increasing the township's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes include the implementation of community partnership projects, analysis of local public safety issues, organizational changes to support community policing, and enhanced officer engagement in community-based activities. The grant has a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029.

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.