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's Community Oriented Policing Program awarded $250,000 to the City of Eagle Point on October 1, 2025, under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and strengthen community policing capacity. The funding supports 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 to engage in community policing activities. Performance occurs in Eagle Point, Oregon, through September 30, 2030. The COPS Hiring Program provides five-year awards to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing. Recipients submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, participate in DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and enhanced office-based reviews, and retain financial records for three years following award conclusion.

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