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 Project Grant award of $500,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services) Hiring Program (CFDA 16.710) to the City of Jacksonville Beach, Florida. The grant funding will support the City's efforts to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention initiatives over the project period from October 2024 to September 2029. Key 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 for the City's law enforcement agency to engage in community policing activities. Additionally, the City has received federal grant sub-awards from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management to support the procurement of various law enforcement equipment and emergency management technologies that will enhance the City's public safety and emergency preparedness capabilities.

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.