Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the City of Rocky Mount is the recipient of an award of $1,088,808 from the COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP), an initiative funded by the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA). This award provides funding for 8 Rocky Mount Police Department officers for a period of 3 years.

50 local jurisdictions in North Carolina received CHRP awards for a total of 202 officer positions ($30,956,114). A list of all recipients is available online (click here - pdf format).