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 St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners $500,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The recipient will implement planned community partnerships, conduct projects to analyze and assess problems, make changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and expand agency capacity to engage in community policing activities. Performance occurs in Fort Pierce, Florida, with a completion date of September 30, 2030. The award is a five-year project grant. St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners, serving a county population of 373,586 residents, manages law enforcement and emergency management funding streams and competes for federal project grants and formula grants across multiple agencies.

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