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 Henderson was awarded a $125,000 grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) on October 1, 2024. The grant will fund the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to increase the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes include the city's engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of the agency to engage in community policing activities. This grant award demonstrates the City of Henderson's strategic approach to utilizing federal funding to address local public safety and community service needs.

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.