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 Program (COPS Office) awarded $250,000 to the City of Whiteville Fire Department on October 1, 2025, under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and enhance community policing capacity. The award funds the recipients' efforts to increase community policing capacity and crime prevention, with anticipated outcomes including engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of problem analysis and assessment projects, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management supporting community policing, and increased agency capacity for community policing activities. The five-year period of performance runs from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2030. Work is performed in Whiteville, North Carolina.

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