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 Breckenridge (operating as the Breckenridge Hills Police Department) $368,163 under the COPS Hiring Program on October 1, 2025. The award funds the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. 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 agency capacity to engage in community policing activities. The award period extends from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2030. Work is performed in Overland, Missouri 63114.

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