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 Program awarded the City of Caney, Kansas $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and expand community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds 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. The five-year award extends through September 30, 2030, with performance occurring in Caney, Kansas. The recipient must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly Federal Financial Reports, and is subject to monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews by the COPS Office, the Office of the Inspector General, and other designated DOJ entities.

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