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 Red Lodge $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to support the hiring of law enforcement officers and strengthen community policing capacity. The award funds career law enforcement officer positions intended to increase crime prevention efforts and support planned community partnerships in Red Lodge. Performance occurs in Red Lodge, Montana, over a five-year period from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. The COPS Hiring Program provides direct support to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, participate in DOJ monitoring activities, and retain financial records for three years following award conclusion.

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