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's Community Oriented Policing Program awarded $125,000 to the City of Madisonville through the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) on October 1, 2025, to support the hiring and rehiring of career law enforcement officers and enhance the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award carries a five-year period of performance through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Madisonville, Texas. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 federal financial reports, with final closeout documentation required at award conclusion. The COPS Office conducts ongoing award monitoring through site visits, office-based reviews, and periodic surveys to verify compliance with nonsupplanting requirements and programmatic and financial conditions.

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