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 Wallis received a $125,000 Project Grant award on October 1, 2024 under the U.S. Department of Justice's CFDA 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. This funding will support the city's efforts to enhance its community policing capacity and crime prevention activities over a 5-year period ending on September 30, 2029. The anticipated outcomes of this award include increased community engagement, implementation of projects to analyze and assess public safety problems, changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and an overall expansion of the city's ability to carry out community policing initiatives. This grant represents the city's latest in a series of federal awards aimed at improving public safety, victim services, and community infrastructure through partnerships with state and local agencies.

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.