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's Community Oriented Policing Program awarded $125,000 to the City of Goldendale on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds support 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 the agency to engage in community policing activities. The City of Goldendale, a local government entity in Goldendale, Washington, is the recipient. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2030. Work is performed in Goldendale, Washington. COPS Hiring Program awards support the hiring of career law enforcement officers by state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to advance community policing and reduce crime. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly Federal Financial Reports, and participate in award monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and compliance assessments.

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