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 Aitkin County Sheriffs Office $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers to increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds personnel hiring to support community partnership engagement, implementation of problem-analysis projects, personnel and agency management changes in support of community policing, and expanded community policing activity capacity. Performance runs through September 30, 2030, with work performed in Aitkin, Minnesota. The recipient 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 maintain financial records for three years following award conclusion. COPS Hiring Grants are made for five years with extensions available on a case-by-case basis for up to twelve additional months upon Director approval.

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