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 Lincoln, Rhode Island, $250,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to support the hiring of additional career law enforcement officers and expand the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award is a Project Grant with a period of performance running through September 30, 2030, with work performed in Lincoln, Rhode Island. The COPS Hiring Program provides funding to law enforcement agencies nationwide to hire and rehire officers in support of community policing strategies; anticipated outcomes include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of problem-analysis projects, personnel and agency management changes supporting community policing practice, and increased agency capacity for community engagement activities. The Town of Lincoln must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 federal financial reports, and is subject to DOJ monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and compliance assessments.

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