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 Town of Gate City, VA was awarded a $125,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will fund the hiring of additional career law enforcement officers to increase the town's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes include enhanced community partnerships, implementation of problem analysis and assessment projects, changes to personnel and agency management to support community policing, and increased capacity for community policing activities. This federal grant award supports the town's commitment to improving public safety, strengthening community-law enforcement relationships, and implementing innovative approaches to crime prevention and response.

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.