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 Town of Whiteville $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to support the hiring of law enforcement officers and increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award carries a five-year period of performance ending September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Whiteville, Tennessee. The COPS Hiring Program provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and rehire career officers in support of community policing strategies, with anticipated outcomes including engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, and implementation of changes to personnel and agency management. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly financial reports, and are subject to monitoring activities including site visits and enhanced office-based reviews to ensure compliance with 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