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 the City of Spokane one million dollars on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to expand the Spokane Police Department's community policing capacity through officer hiring. The award funds the hiring of career law enforcement officers to increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts, with anticipated outcomes 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 City of Spokane Grants Management Division, serving as the recipient, will perform the work in Spokane, Washington. The award obligates one million dollars and carries a period of performance through September 30, 2030.

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