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 Alamo, Tennessee, $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and implement community policing strategies. The award funds an increase in the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts through planned community partnerships, problem-analysis projects, and personnel and agency management changes supporting community policing activities. Performance occurs in Alamo, Tennessee, with a completion date of September 30, 2030. The COPS Hiring Program provides five-year award terms to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, participate in DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews, and retain 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