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 Ludlow, Vermont a $125,000 Project Grant under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) on October 1, 2025 to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and strengthen community policing capacity. The award funds expansion of the town's crime prevention efforts, implementation of community partnerships, problem analysis and assessment projects, and organizational changes supporting community policing. Place of performance is Ludlow, Vermont. The award period runs from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2030.

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