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 Town of Rumford Police Department was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program (CFDA 16.710) to enhance the department's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The anticipated outcomes of this grant include increased engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, changes to personnel and agency management to support community policing, and enhanced capacity to engage in community policing activities. The award period runs from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2029.

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.