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 Lincolnton was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant on October 1, 2024 through the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) administered by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The grant funding is intended to help the Lincolnton Police Department enhance their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts over a 5-year period ending on September 30, 2029. Key anticipated outcomes include increased engagement in community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze problems, changes to personnel and agency management to support community policing, and an overall increase in the department's capacity for 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.