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 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awarded the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, $125,000 under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program (16.068) on October 1, 2025, to hire additional career law enforcement officers and enhance community policing capacity. The award funds a five-year performance period through September 30, 2030, with work performed in Oxford, MA. 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 funding for officer hiring to increase an agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Recipients must submit programmatic performance reports semiannually and SF-425 financial reports quarterly, and are subject to DOJ monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and surveys 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