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 Mansfield Police Department $1.340792 million under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) on October 1, 2025, to hire additional career law enforcement officers and increase the department's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award runs through September 30, 2030, with performance at Mansfield, Ohio. The COPS Hiring Program supports state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide in reducing crime and advancing public safety through community policing by providing direct funding for officer hiring. Recipients are obligated to submit programmatic performance reports semiannually and SF-425 Federal Financial Reports quarterly, and to participate in award monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews conducted by the COPS Office, the Office of the Inspector General, or designated entities. Extensions beyond the five-year award period may be considered on a case-by-case basis for up to twelve additional months. The City of Mansfield Police Department, a local government law enforcement agency registered to receive federal awards since May 2006, operates multiple specialized divisions including a Forensic Science Section DNA Laboratory established in 2001.

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