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 Community Oriented Policing Program awarded Chester County Government $750,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (Assistance Listing 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award runs through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Chester, South Carolina. Anticipated outcomes include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management supporting community policing, and increased agency capacity to engage in community policing activities. The recipient is responsible for semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and must participate in DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews.

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