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 Buckeye, Arizona $500,000 on October 1, 2025 under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire additional career law enforcement officers and increase the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award covers a five-year period of performance through September 30, 2030, with work performed in Buckeye, Arizona. The COPS Hiring Program funds state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide to advance community policing by supporting officer recruitment and rehiring, with anticipated outcomes including engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of problem analysis projects, and personnel and agency management changes in support of community policing operations.

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