The 2022 COPS Hiring Program is a competitive grant program designed to provide funds directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new or rehire existing career law enforcement officers 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 agencies to engage in community policing activities.
All local, state, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies that have primary law enforcement authority are eligible to apply.

Application Process

*IMPORTANT: Applications will be submitted in a two-step process, each with its own deadline.

STEP 1: Submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in Grants.gov.
GRANTS.GOV APPLICATION DEADLINE: THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2022 (7:59 PM ET).

STEP 2: Submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants.
JUSTGRANTS APPLICATION DEADLINE: THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2022 (7:59 PM ET).

Contact

For programmatic assistance with the requirements of this program or with submitting the application through the COPS Office Online Application System, call the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770 or send questions via email to [email protected].