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 federal Project Grant award of $125,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant funding supports the City of Petersburg, Indiana in developing and implementing community policing strategies to enhance public safety and build collaborative partnerships between law enforcement and the community. Key objectives include increasing the city's community policing capacity, strengthening officer training and crisis response capabilities, and promoting organizational transformation to prioritize community engagement and trust-building. The award will enable the city to engage in planned community partnerships, analyze and address public safety issues, and expand its capacity for community policing activities over the project period from October 2024 to September 2029.

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.