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 County of Seneca, Ohio $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers and expand community policing capacity. The award supports Seneca County's effort to increase crime prevention and build community policing capability through engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management, and expanded capacity to engage in community policing activities. Performance takes place in Tiffin, Ohio. The award period runs through September 30, 2030, with extensions of up to 12 additional months available on a case-by-case basis upon approval by the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Seneca County must submit programmatic performance reports semiannually and SF-425 federal financial reports quarterly, and is subject to DOJ award monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and periodic surveys to confirm 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