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 City of Antioch $750,000 under the COPS Hiring Program on October 1, 2025, to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and enhance the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The five-year award runs through September 30, 2030, with performance in Antioch, California. Anticipated outcomes 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 to engage in community policing activities. The recipient must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and will participate in DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews.

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