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 Community Oriented Policing Services Program (COPS Office) within the Department of Justice awarded the City of Tallahassee $625,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers in support of community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award carries a five-year period of performance through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Tallahassee, Florida. The City of Tallahassee Grants & Enterprise Resources Division, the recipient, is a local government grants entity that operates across multiple federal funding streams. Under the COPS Hiring Program, 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 are responsible for semiannual programmatic performance reports, quarterly SF-425 financial reports, and a final closeout report; the COPS Office conducts award monitoring through site visits, office-based reviews, and periodic surveys to confirm compliance with nonsupplanting requirements and programmatic and financial terms.

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