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…

This $250,000 Project Grant was awarded on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will fund the City of Metter, GA to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers to increase the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The anticipated outcomes include enhanced community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity for the city's law enforcement agency to engage in community policing activities. Additionally, the City of Metter has received sub-grants through the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for multi-jurisdictional drug task force initiatives and a $750K Community Development Block Grant from the State of Georgia for infrastructure improvements.

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.