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 County of Cleveland, North Carolina $250,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and increase the county's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds a five-year period of performance through September 30, 2030, with work performed in Shelby, North Carolina. The COPS Hiring Program supports law enforcement agencies nationwide in expanding their community policing workforce; anticipated outcomes for this award 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. The recipient is obligated to submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly Federal Financial Reports, participate in award monitoring activities by the COPS Office and Office of the Inspector General, and retain financial records and supporting documents for three years following the award's conclusion.

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