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 Oconee County, South Carolina, $250,000 under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) on October 1, 2025, to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers to expand the county's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Performance runs through September 30, 2030, with work performed in Walhalla, South Carolina. The award supports engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess public safety problems, implementation of personnel and agency management changes in support of community policing, and increased agency capacity to conduct community policing activities. COPS Hiring Grants fund five-year periods, with extensions available on a case-by-case basis for up to 12 additional months. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and comply with DOJ monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and periodic 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