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 Community Oriented Policing Services office of the Department of Justice awarded $250,000 to the County of Bucks 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. The award runs through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The County of Bucks, operating through its Office of the Controller, will deploy funding toward increased community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts, with anticipated outcomes including planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, and changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing. The recipient must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 financial reports, and cooperate with DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and enhanced reviews to confirm compliance with nonsupplanting and 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