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 $125,000 to Preston City under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) on October 1, 2025, to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and expand the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The five-year award runs through September 30, 2030, and is based in Preston, Idaho. The COPS Hiring Program supports state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide in reducing crime and advancing public safety through community policing by providing direct funding for officer hiring. Preston City is responsible for submitting semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, as well as a final closeout report. The COPS Office will conduct award monitoring through site visits, office-based reviews, and periodic surveys to verify compliance with nonsupplanting requirements and programmatic and financial obligations.

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