Federal Grant Award Summary

The Big Horn County Sheriff Department received a $125,000 Project Grant from the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office (CFDA 16.068) awarded on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2030. The COPS Hiring Program provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The products and services delivered through this award include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management to support community policing initiatives, and increased organizational capacity to conduct community policing activities in Basin, Wyoming.

As a standard five-year grant award, the Sheriff Department is responsible for demonstrating measurable outcomes in community policing strategy implementation and officer deployment. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports to maintain compliance with COPS Office requirements, which may include site visits and enhanced monitoring activities. The funding mechanism supports direct personnel investments in law enforcement officers who will serve as community policing resources, with emphasis on strategic organizational changes and evidence-based problem-solving approaches aligned with community policing best practices.