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 Russell County, Kentucky $166,960 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The recipient, County of Russell operating through the Russell County Fiscal Court, will deliver these services in Jamestown, Kentucky through September 30, 2030. The COPS Hiring Program funds state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing support. Anticipated outcomes 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 to engage in community policing activities. Recipients must submit programmatic performance reports on a semiannual basis and SF-425 federal financial reports quarterly, and participate in award monitoring activities by the COPS Office, the Office of the Inspector General, or other entities designated by the COPS Office.

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