Cumby police receive $29,952 grant for catalytic-converter theft prevention

The Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority approved a $29,952 grant for the City of Cumby on July 18, 2026, giving the Cumby Police Department dedicated funding for catalytic-converter theft prevention.

The award is part of the authority’s FY2026 Catalytic Converter Theft Prevention program. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles procurement record identifies it as the Cumby PD Flock Grant, with grant number 608-26-1120100C.

For residents and local businesses, the immediate change is the availability of state-approved funding for vehicle-crime prevention. The grant could help pay for prevention technology or related police operations, potentially reducing the amount the city would otherwise need to cover through local funds. The record does not, however, describe a completed installation or report a result from the award.

What the grant record shows

The procurement document lists the City of Cumby as the recipient or ship-to entity and identifies the Cumby Police Department. The listed mailing address is P.O. Box 349, Cumby, Texas 75433.

Cumby’s official city website identifies the community as a city in Hopkins County, Texas, and lists the municipal address as 100 E. Main St., Cumby, Texas 75433. That municipal information matches the location identified in the state procurement record.

The July 18 approval is a funding decision by the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority. It does not establish that catalytic-converter theft has increased in Cumby, and the available documents do not report arrests or a reduction in thefts resulting from the grant.

Equipment and deployment details remain open

The public purchase record does not say how many cameras, license-plate readers or other devices may be acquired. It also does not identify a specific equipment model, explain precisely which operations will receive funding or state where any technology would be placed.

No deployment date is provided. The record also does not include measured crime-reduction goals, so there is not yet a documented performance target against which residents can assess the program.

Those omissions matter because the grant approval alone does not show when residents, commuters or businesses might see a practical change. Any future purchase, installation or reported outcome would provide additional information about how the award is used.

Purchase order deadline

The purchase order runs through Aug. 31, 2026. That is the next identified deadline in the approved record. The documents do not provide a separate schedule for purchases, deployment or performance reporting.