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 (COPS) Office, a component of the Department of Justice, awarded the Town of East Millinocket, Maine $124,982 under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program on October 1, 2025. The award funds the hiring and/or rehiring of career law enforcement officers to increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. 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.

The assistance type is a Project Grant. The award carries a period of performance from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in East Millinocket, Maine. COPS Hiring Grants are made for a period of five years, with extensions available on a case-by-case basis for up to twelve additional months upon approval by the Director of the COPS Office.

The COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) provides funding to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing by providing direct support to hire career law enforcement officers. Town of East Millinocket is a local government municipality in north central Maine serving approximately 1,700 residents.

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