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 $250,000 to the Murray County Sheriff's Office on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and expand community policing capacity.

The award funds activities including engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess community problems, and changes to personnel and agency management practices in support of community policing strategies. The Murray County Sheriff's Office, a division of County of Murray based in Chatsworth, Georgia, will perform the work through September 30, 2030. The Sheriff's Office is a local government entity providing law enforcement services, and this five-year project grant represents its sole federal engagement outside recurring purchase orders with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for patrol and public safety management at Carters Lake recreation areas. Recipients under the COPS Hiring Program must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly Federal Financial Reports, participate in award monitoring activities conducted by the COPS Office including site visits and compliance reviews, and retain financial records for three years following award conclusion.

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