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 Norwalk, Iowa $250,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and strengthen community policing capacity. The award funds law enforcement staffing to increase the agency's community policing and crime prevention efforts, with anticipated outcomes including planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, personnel and agency management changes in support of community policing, and expanded community policing engagement capacity. The award carries a five-year period of performance ending September 30, 2030. Work is performed in Norwalk, Iowa. The recipient must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and remain subject to DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and noncompliance reviews.

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