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 Program awarded the City of Greenville (Greenville Police Department) $1 million on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and expand community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds the hiring of sworn officers to increase the agency's community policing capacity through planned community partnerships, implementation of problem-analysis projects, and changes to personnel and agency management supporting community policing activities. Work is performed in Greenville, North Carolina, with a period of performance extending through September 30, 2030. The Greenville Police Department, authorized with 200 sworn officers, serves a municipality with approximately 89,233 residents and has received multiple federal grants from the Department of Justice focused on law enforcement technology, officer safety, and community engagement initiatives.

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