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 Du Quoin was awarded a $187,260 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.710) to enhance the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The grant funding will enable the city to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers, with anticipated outcomes including increased community partnerships, implementation of problem analysis and assessment projects, changes to personnel and agency management to support community policing, and greater capacity for the city's law enforcement agency to engage in community policing activities. This federal grant award, with a performance period from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2029, is part of the City of Du Quoin's broader strategy to leverage federal funding for community development, public safety, and economic resilience initiatives.

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.