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 $1,000,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), supports the City of York, Pennsylvania in developing and implementing community policing strategies. The anticipated outcomes include enhancing the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts through planned community partnerships, problem analysis and assessment projects, personnel and organizational changes, and increased community engagement activities. The award has a performance period from October 1, 2024 through 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.