Federal award records show 35 COPS Technology and Equipment Program grants to New Hampshire recipients for fiscal 2022 through 2024, worth $22.7 million. Congress picked every recipient and set every amount. The competitive COPS hiring program sent $14.6 million from 2009 through 2024.
Thirty-seven New Hampshire law enforcement agencies received $5,632,126 in Justice Department equitable sharing payments in federal fiscal years 2020 through 2025. Manchester police received the most. Here is how the federal program works, what state law says, and what the payment files leave out.
On October 20, 2025, a high-speed pursuit in New Hampshire ended when police deployed tire-deflation devices, arresting Gongping Cheng, 39, for reckless driving and possessing multiple forged driver’s licenses. He faces serious charges, including four felonies. Cheng remains in preventive detention, awaiting arraignment in Portsmouth District Court.
