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 $500,000 to the City of La Marque on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire additional career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity. The award funds law enforcement officer hiring and retention to support community partnerships, crime prevention activities, and officer de-escalation training. Performance occurs in La Marque, Texas, from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. La Marque is a municipality in Galveston County, approximately 45 miles south of Houston, and has received four COPS program grants totaling $2.130 million since October 2022 to support law enforcement expansion and community policing enhancement.

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