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 Big Horn County Sheriff Department $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to support the hiring of career law enforcement officers and increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds activities including engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, and implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing. Performance occurs in Basin, Wyoming, with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. The recipient is responsible for submitting semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and must participate in DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and enhanced office-based reviews to ensure compliance with award requirements and achievement of community policing objectives.

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