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 Grand Forks $375,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds expansion of the Grand Forks Police Department's community policing personnel and implementation of community partnership projects, problem analysis initiatives, and personnel and agency management changes in support of community policing activities. Performance runs through September 30, 2030, with all work taking place in Grand Forks, North Dakota 58203. The COPS Hiring Program provides five-year funding to law enforcement agencies nationwide to strengthen their community policing and crime prevention capacity, with award extensions considered on a case-by-case basis for up to twelve additional months upon director approval.

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