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 $1.25 million to the City of Kalamazoo on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire additional career law enforcement officers and expand the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds the hire and/or rehire of law enforcement officers to support planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased agency capacity to engage in community policing activities. Performance occurs in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. The COPS Hiring Program provides five-year grants to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide; extensions of up to 12 additional months may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Recipients are required to submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and must participate in DOJ award monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and surveys to ensure compliance with 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