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 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office within the Department of Justice awarded $500,000 to the City of Olathe Police Department on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and expand the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.

The award funds law enforcement officer hiring in Olathe, Kansas. The five-year performance period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. The COPS Hiring Program supports state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide in reducing crime and advancing public safety through community policing. Anticipated outcomes 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 to engage in community policing activities. The recipient must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 financial reports, and comply with award monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and surveys conducted by the COPS Office, Office of the Inspector General, or designated entities.

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