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 St Albans received a $375,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will fund the city's efforts to enhance community policing capacity and crime prevention initiatives over a 5-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. Anticipated outcomes include increased engagement in community partnerships, implementation of problem-analysis projects, organizational changes to support community policing, and expanded agency capacity for community policing activities. As a municipal government, the City of St Albans has demonstrated a strategic approach to securing federal grants that support critical public safety, infrastructure, and community development needs.

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.