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 Spindale Police Department $250,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire additional career law enforcement officers and expand the department's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.

The award funds staffing additions intended to support planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess community problems, and changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing. The Town of Spindale Police Department will carry out the work in Spindale, North Carolina. The performance period runs five years, through September 30, 2030. The recipient must submit programmatic performance reports semiannually and federal financial reports quarterly, participate in award monitoring activities by DOJ including site visits and compliance reviews, and maintain financial records for three years following award 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