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 Services awarded $125,000 to the City of Bennington under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) on October 1, 2025, to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and expand community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds planned outcomes including engagement in community partnerships, implementation of problem analysis and assessment projects, personnel and agency management changes in support of community policing, and increased agency capacity to engage in community policing activities. Performance occurs in Bennington, Nebraska, with a period of performance extending from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. The City of Bennington, a municipal government entity in Nebraska, is the recipient. The COPS Hiring Program provides direct support to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide to advance community policing practice through officer hiring funded by five-year awards. Recipients are responsible for semiannual programmatic performance reports, quarterly federal financial reports, and final closeout reporting, and must participate in DOJ monitoring including site visits, office-based reviews, and compliance surveys.

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