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 the Town of West New York $1.875 million on October 1, 2025, through the FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and strengthen community policing capacity. The award is a project grant assistance type with an obligated amount of $1.875 million. The Town of West New York, through its Finance Department, receives the funding to increase the municipality's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Performance occurs in West New York, New Jersey, with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. The COPS Hiring Program supports state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies in reducing crime and advancing public safety through community policing by providing direct support for the hiring of additional officers. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 Federal Financial Reports, along with a final closeout report, and agree to participate in DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews.

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