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 $125,000 to the City of Chewelah on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers and increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award supports 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. The City of Chewelah will perform the work in Chewelah, Washington, with a period of performance extending through September 30, 2030. The recipient must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 Federal Financial Reports, and will participate in award monitoring activities conducted by the COPS Office, including site visits, office-based reviews, and compliance assessments. Financial records must be retained for three years following award conclusion.

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