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 City of Clairton $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to fund the hiring and rehiring of career law enforcement officers. The award supports expansion of community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts in Clairton, Pennsylvania through October 1, 2030. Beyond officer compensation, the funding requires implementation of community partnerships, problem analysis and assessment projects, and personnel and agency management changes in support of community policing strategies. The City of Clairton must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports throughout the five-year period of performance.

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