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 Augusta-Richmond County Government $8.683 million on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers, increase community policing capacity, and strengthen crime prevention efforts. The award runs through September 30, 2030, and performance takes place in Augusta, Georgia. The program supports planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess public safety problems, changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased agency capacity to engage in community policing activities.

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