The goal for the town of woodfin is to have full complianceby december 31, 2027

The Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awarded the Town of Woodfin $183,069 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) on October 1, 2025, to support the Woodfin Police Department's achievement of full compliance with North Carolina law enforcement accreditation and risk management standards by December 31, 2027.

Deliverables include procurement of policy management software to enable efficient staff notification of policy changes and documentation of policy review accountability, facility upgrades to bring infrastructure into compliance with best practices, and hiring of a part-time accreditation coordinator. The recipient has already engaged North Carolina Law Enforcement Accreditation and the North Carolina League of Municipalities' Risk Management Program coordinators to initiate the compliance process.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. Work is performed in Woodfin, North Carolina. The assistance type is a Project Grant.

The new police chief already reached out to the north carolina law enforcement accreditation and north carolina league of municipalities' risk management program coordinators to begin the process of getting WPD in compliance with those standards. The town is in desperate need of a policy management software package that will provide an efficient and effective method for notifying staff of policy changes, while documenting accountability for policy review. Facility upgrades are required to bring infrastructure into compliance with best practices. They will hire a part time person to handle accreditation duties and purchase software.