Audit of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services' COPS Hiring Program

Assess current challenges imposed on CHP recipients (such as hiring, retention, and the $125,000 officer funding cap), develop potential strategies to address those challenges, communicate this information to the Department and, in coordination with the Department, consider program changes that may be necessary, potentially including statutory changes, to address the viability and success level of the program.

Complete its analysis of 2022 and 2023 awards to determine the extent to which anomalous or inaccurate application data was not flagged for review; and to complete its review of data cleaning thresholds and adjust thresholds as necessary to improve the process for identifying outliers to strengthen and improve the accuracy of applicant-provided data.

Develop and implement a process to periodically review and update data validation queries and thresholds to further strengthen the application review process.