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 Kings County $250,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and expand the county'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, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity to engage in community policing activities. The performance period runs through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Hanford, California. Kings County is a small rural county in California's Central Valley serving approximately 150,000 residents. COPS Hiring Grants are made for five years with extensions considered on a case-by-case basis for up to twelve additional months. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, participate in DOJ award monitoring activities including site visits and enhanced office-based reviews, and retain financial records and supporting documents 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