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 Owensboro $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to support the hiring of career law enforcement officers and expand community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts in Owensboro, Kentucky.

The award runs through September 30, 2030. The funding supports officer hiring as the primary deliverable, consistent with the program's goal of increasing an agency's community policing capacity. The COPS Hiring Program provides five-year awards to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide; extensions may be considered on a case-by-case basis for up to 12 additional months. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 Federal Financial Reports, participate in DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and enhanced office-based reviews, and maintain financial records and supporting documents for three years following 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