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 Houston, through its Houston Police Department, $6.25 million on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers in support of community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds the department's implementation of planned community partnerships, projects to analyze and assess problems, changes to personnel and agency management supporting community policing strategy, and expanded agency capacity for community policing activities. Performance takes place in Houston, Texas, with a period of performance through September 30, 2030. COPS Hiring grants run for five years; extensions are considered on a case-by-case basis for up to twelve additional months. The recipient is responsible for submitting semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 Federal Financial Reports, along with a final closeout report, and must cooperate with DOJ monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and compliance assessments.

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