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 Town of Robbins Town Hall in Robbins, North Carolina $125,000 on October 1, 2025, through the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers, increasing the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award runs through September 30, 2030. The program anticipates outcomes including 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 must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly Federal Financial Reports, and is subject to COPS Office monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and periodic surveys to ensure compliance with award requirements.

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