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 Town of Castleton, Vermont $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and expand community policing capacity. The award funds efforts to increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention activities through planned community partnerships, implementation of problem-analysis projects, and changes to personnel and agency management practices. Performance runs through September 30, 2030, at Bomoseen, Castleton, Vermont. The COPS Hiring Program, administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, provides five-year funding to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide to advance community policing practices and reduce crime.

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