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 Murfreesboro $2.125 million under the COPS Hiring Program on October 1, 2025. The award funds the hiring and retention of career law enforcement officers to increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The Murfreesboro Police Department will use the funding to engage in planned community partnerships, implement projects to analyze and assess public safety problems, and advance personnel and agency management in support of community policing.

The five-year award runs through September 30, 2030, with performance occurring in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The grant is classified as a Project Grant under CFDA 16.068. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and must cooperate with COPS Office monitoring activities including site visits, enhanced reviews, and compliance verification regarding 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