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 $102,775 to the Town of Ehrhardt on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers in support of community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds a five-year period of performance running through September 30, 2030, with work performed in Ehrhardt, South Carolina. The recipient will engage in planned community partnerships, implement projects to analyze and assess public safety problems, and implement changes to personnel and agency management aligned with community policing practice. The award is structured as a Project Grant, with anticipated outcomes including increased agency capacity to conduct community policing activities and enhanced crime prevention efforts.

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