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 Stuart $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity. The award supports 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 to engage in community policing activities. Performance is located in Stuart, Iowa. The five-year award runs through September 30, 2030, with extensions available on a case-by-case basis for up to 12 additional months. The recipient must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and is subject to DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and enhanced office-based reviews to ensure 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