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 Program (COPS Office) within the Department of Justice awarded the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska $166,667 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to support law enforcement officer hiring and community policing capacity building on the Winnebago Reservation in Winnebago, Nebraska.

The award funds the hiring and/or rehiring of career law enforcement officers to increase the tribe's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The tribe's 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 award carries a five-year period of performance ending September 30, 2030. The tribe is a federally recognized Indian tribe and prime recipient of federal grants, with a portfolio concentrated in social services, environmental protection, nutrition assistance, and cultural preservation. The recipient must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly Federal Financial Reports (SF-425), and is subject to COPS Office monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and periodic surveys to ensure compliance with nonsupplanting and programmatic and financial requirements.

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