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 at the Department of Justice awarded the County of Hendry, operating through its Hendry County Sheriff's Office, $625,000 on October 1, 2025, under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity.

The award funds law enforcement officer positions over a five-year period of performance ending September 30, 2030, with place of performance in LaBelle, Florida. The COPS Hiring Program supports state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies in advancing community policing and reducing crime. Anticipated outcomes for this 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 agency capacity to engage in community policing activities.

Award recipients are required to submit programmatic performance reports semiannually and Federal Financial Reports quarterly, along with a final closeout report upon completion. The COPS Office conducts award monitoring through site visits, enhanced office-based reviews, alleged noncompliance reviews, and periodic surveys to verify compliance with nonsupplanting requirements and programmatic and financial award terms.

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