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 U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Martins Ferry City Hall in Martins Ferry, OH. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support the city's efforts to enhance its community policing capacity and crime prevention initiatives over a 5-year period ending on September 30, 2029. The anticipated outcomes of the grant include increased 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 enhanced capacity for the city's law enforcement agency to participate 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.