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 Leon County Sheriff's Office $250,000 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 funds efforts to support planned community partnerships, implementation of problem-analysis projects, personnel and agency management changes in support of community policing, and expanded agency capacity for community policing activities. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Tallahassee, Florida. The recipient is responsible for submitting semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, as well as a final closeout report upon completion.

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