The Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program awarded the City of Moody, Texas, $106,353 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and expand the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award runs through September 30, 2030, with performance taking place in Moody, Texas. The COPS Hiring Program provides funding to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to increase community policing capacity through officer hiring, with anticipated outcomes including community partnerships, problem-solving projects, personnel and management changes supporting community policing, and enhanced agency engagement in community policing activities.