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 $115,105 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) will enable the Wintersville Village Of Administration Division to enhance its community policing capacity. The funding will support the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to increase the village'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 the village's overall capacity to conduct community policing activities. This award aims to strengthen public safety, build trust between law enforcement and the community, and implement innovative approaches to crime prevention in Steubenville, Ohio.

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.