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 $1.875 million to the City of Newark, New Jersey Police Department on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award period runs through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Newark, New Jersey. The COPS Hiring Program supports state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide in reducing crime and advancing public safety through community policing. Recipients are required to submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, participate in DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews, and retain financial records for three years following award conclusion. Award extensions beyond the five-year term may be considered on a case-by-case basis for up to twelve additional months.

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