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 Halifax $115,123 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers to increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts in Halifax, Virginia. The award runs through September 30, 2030. The program targets 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 Town of Halifax, a local government entity, will manage the award and is responsible for semiannual programmatic performance reports, quarterly federal financial reports, and a final closeout report. The COPS Office reserves the right to conduct site visits, enhanced office-based reviews, and periodic surveys to ensure compliance with nonsupplanting rules 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