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 the Yazoo City Municipal School District $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers to enhance community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds law enforcement staffing within school facilities in Yazoo City, Mississippi, with a performance period extending through September 30, 2030. The COPS Hiring Program supports state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies in reducing crime and advancing public safety through community policing. Recipients are responsible for semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and must participate in DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews. The assistance type is a Project Grant.

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