The FY25 cops hiring program (CHP) provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing…

The Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program awarded the City of North Bend $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to support the hiring and rehiring of career law enforcement officers and expand community policing capacity. The award funds law enforcement staffing in support of planned community partnerships, problem analysis and assessment projects, and personnel and agency management changes aligned with community policing strategy. Performance runs through September 30, 2030, with work performed in North Bend, Oregon. The award is structured as a project grant with anticipated outcomes including increased agency engagement in community policing activities and crime prevention efforts.

The FY25 cops hiring program (CHP) provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort 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 agency to engage in community policing activities