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 Program awarded the City of Salamanca $500,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award covers a five-year period of performance ending September 30, 2030, with work performed in Salamanca, New York. The COPS Hiring Program funds law enforcement agencies nationwide to expand community policing operations through direct officer hiring support; anticipated outcomes include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of problem-analysis projects, changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and enhanced agency capacity for 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