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 (COPS Office) within the Department of Justice awarded the Borough of Derry $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (Assistance Listing 16.068) to support law enforcement hiring and community policing capacity.

The award funds the hiring and/or rehiring of career law enforcement officers in Derry, Pennsylvania 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 agency capacity to engage in community policing activities.

The five-year award runs through September 30, 2030, with performance at Derry, PA 15627. The recipient must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and must cooperate with COPS Office monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews. All records must be retained for three years following the award's conclusion.

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