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 $111,321.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program, will support the Town of Bath, West Virginia in developing and implementing community policing strategies. The anticipated outcomes of this 5-year award, which commenced on October 1, 2024, include increased community engagement, implementation of problem-solving projects, changes to personnel and agency management, and enhanced capacity for community policing activities. The grant program aims to assist state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in advancing public safety through the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques.

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.