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 City of Rapid City $1.25 million on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers and increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award supports 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 City of Rapid City is the recipient and ultimate beneficiary. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2030, with work performed in Rapid City, South Dakota. COPS Hiring Grants are made for five years; extensions may be considered on a case-by-case basis for up to twelve additional months. The recipient is responsible for submitting semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and will be subject to award monitoring activities by the COPS Office, including site visits and enhanced office-based reviews to ensure compliance with nonsupplanting and programmatic and financial requirements.

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