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 $439,044 to Calhoun County, Alabama on October 1, 2025 under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068).

The funding supports the hiring of additional career law enforcement officers to increase the county's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award covers a five-year period of performance through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Anniston, Alabama. Calhoun County is responsible for implementing planned community partnerships, analyzing and assessing community problems, and executing changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing strategy. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 Federal Financial Reports, participate in COPS Office monitoring activities including site visits and enhanced office-based reviews, and retain financial records 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