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 Denison was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant, which was awarded on October 1, 2024, with a performance period ending on September 30, 2029, aims to enhance the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes include increased community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and greater capacity for the city's law enforcement agency to engage in community policing activities. This award builds on the city's previous COPS Hiring Program grants, including a $453,410 grant in 2022, which have supported the city's strategic approach to leveraging federal funding to improve urban infrastructure, community services, and local law enforcement 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.