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 South Hackensack Township of New Jersey was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CFDA 16.710, Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will be used to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers to increase the township's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts over a five-year period ending on September 30, 2029. The anticipated outcomes of this COPS Hiring Program award include the township'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 to engage in community policing activities.

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.