The Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awarded $125,000 to the City of Wheat Ridge on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to fund the hiring of career law enforcement officers and enhance the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award, a project grant, runs through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Denver, Colorado. The COPS Hiring Program supports state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide in advancing community policing practice by providing direct funding for officer hiring and related capacity-building initiatives, including engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of problem-analysis projects, and personnel and agency management changes in support of community policing.