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 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awarded the Township of Jackson $2,584,064 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds implementation of planned community partnerships, projects to analyze and assess problems, and changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2030, with performance located in Jackson Township, New Jersey. The COPS Hiring Program provides direct support to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to advance community policing practice nationwide. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly Federal Financial Reports, participate in DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and enhanced office-based reviews, and retain financial records for three years following the 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