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 Chilton County, Alabama, $250,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire additional career law enforcement officers and enhance the county's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award covers the period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Clanton, Alabama. Under the COPS Hiring Program, funding supports state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies in increasing their community policing capacity through officer hiring. Anticipated outcomes of the award 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 to engage in community policing activities. Chilton County Commission, the parent recipient entity, is responsible for semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports (SF-425), as well as timely submission of a final closeout report and participation in DOJ award monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and compliance assessments.

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