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 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awarded $125,000 to Yamhill City under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) on October 1, 2025. The award funds the hiring and rehiring of career law enforcement officers to increase the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The funding also supports implementation of planned community partnerships, projects to analyze and assess public safety problems, and changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing strategy. Performance runs through September 30, 2030 in Yamhill, Oregon. The COPS Hiring Program provides direct support to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing.

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