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 U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Edmonson County Fiscal Court in Brownsville, Kentucky. The grant funding is intended to support the Edmonson County Sheriff's Office in hiring and/or rehiring additional career law enforcement officers to increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The anticipated outcomes of the award 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 agency to engage in community policing activities. The grant has a performance period from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2029, reflecting a long-term commitment to improving local law enforcement infrastructure and community engagement.

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.