The national center for policing innovation (ncpi) will use FY25 CPD invitational funding to support the administration and expansion of the cops office training portal (the portal)

The Community Oriented Policing Program (COPS Office) at the Department of Justice awarded a $1.5 million Cooperative Agreement to the National Center for Policing Innovation on October 1, 2025, under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to administer and expand the COPS Office Training Portal.

NCPI will deliver three primary sets of deliverables over the two-year period of performance (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027). First, NCPI will provide continuous administration, support, monitoring, and maintenance of the portal, including infrastructure and system enhancements such as adding up to five existing COPS-approved eLearning courses and five new resources as directed by the COPS Office. Second, NCPI will expand portal outreach and participant engagement through integrated marketing initiatives designed to increase nationwide awareness year-round, including creation of promotional portal content and outbound and inbound marketing campaigns. Third, NCPI will conduct user impact assessments to evaluate the programmatic impact of portal content.

Work is performed in Richmond, Virginia. The National Center for Policing Innovation is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that serves as a specialized training and technical assistance provider supporting law enforcement agencies in implementing community policing strategies.

Specifically, funding will support the following deliverables 1) provide continuous administration, support, monitoring, and maintenance of the portal, which includes infrastructure and system enhancement of the portal (adding up to 5 existing cops-approved elearning courses and 5 new resources to the portal as directed by the cops office), 2) increase portal outreach, audience, and participant expansion through the several integrated and interdependent initiatives designed to increase awareness of the portal nationwide, year-round ( creation of new promotional portal content, outbound and inbound portal marketing), and lastly (3) conduct user impact assessments to evaluate programmatic impact of portal content.