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 City of Amesbury $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers to increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds support the City of Amesbury's efforts to engage in planned community partnerships, implement projects to analyze and assess problems, implement changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and expand the agency's capacity for community policing activities. Performance occurs in Amesbury, Massachusetts. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, with potential extensions of up to 12 additional months available on a case-by-case basis. The City of Amesbury is responsible for submitting semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports (SF-425), and must participate in award monitoring activities conducted by the COPS Office, including site visits, office-based reviews, and periodic surveys to verify compliance with nonsupplanting requirements and programmatic and financial conditions.

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