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 the City of West Fargo (operating as West Fargo Police Department) $250,000 under the COPS Hiring Program on October 1, 2025. The award funds the hiring and rehiring of career law enforcement officers to increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Planned outcomes include engagement in community partnerships, implementation of problem analysis and assessment projects, and changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing. The award period runs through September 30, 2030, with performance taking place in West Fargo, North Dakota. Under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068), awards are made for five years, with extensions considered on a case-by-case basis for up to 12 additional months. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly Federal Financial Reports, and are subject to award monitoring including site visits and enhanced office-based reviews to ensure compliance with nonsupplanting and programmatic and financial requirements.

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