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 Bowie, Maryland, $625,000 under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program on October 1, 2025. The award funds the hiring of career law enforcement officers to expand the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The funding supports engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess public safety problems, and changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing.

The award runs through September 30, 2030, with place of performance in Bowie, Maryland. The City of Bowie, through its City Manager's Office, is the recipient and will implement the program directly without sub-recipients. The COPS Hiring Program (Assistance Listing 16.068) provides five-year grants to law enforcement agencies nationwide for this purpose, with extensions available on a case-by-case basis for up to 12 additional months. Recipients submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and must participate in DOJ award monitoring including site visits and compliance reviews.

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