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 Pell City was awarded a $219,850 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers. This grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, aims to increase the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts through 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 for community policing activities. The grant has a performance period of 5 years, running through September 30, 2029. Additionally, the city has received other federal grants from the COPS Office, including a technology and equipment grant to improve police effectiveness and a school safety project grant to increase security in educational facilities, involving partnerships with state and private entities.

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.