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 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awarded $110,326 to the City of Escobares on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds a five-year period of performance ending September 30, 2030, with work performed in Roma, Texas. The program supports implementation of community partnerships, assessment of public safety problems, and modifications to personnel and agency management practices in support of community policing strategy. Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly financial reports (SF-425), and are subject to DOJ monitoring activities including site visits, office-based reviews, and surveys to verify compliance with nonsupplanting requirements and proper use of funds.

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