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 Charlotte $125,000 under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) on October 1, 2025, to support the hiring of career law enforcement officers and expand the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds personnel hiring intended to advance planned community partnerships, implementation of problem-analysis projects, and changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing activities. Performance occurs in Charlotte, North Carolina, over a five-year period ending September 30, 2030. The COPS Hiring Program provides direct support to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing.

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