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 U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to Mifflin Township in Gahanna, Ohio. The grant, which runs from October 2024 to September 2029, aims to increase the township's law enforcement capacity and community policing efforts. The anticipated outcomes of the award 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 demonstrates Mifflin Township's commitment to improving community safety through strategic funding and collaboration with federal agencies.

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.