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 Hamilton, Montana was awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant funding is intended to support the City of Hamilton in developing and implementing community policing strategies to enhance public safety and build trust between law enforcement and the community. Key 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 increased capacity of the agency to engage 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.