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 Community Oriented Policing Program awarded the Municipality of Vega Baja $470,929 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers and increase the agency's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds activities in Puerto Rico with a period of performance through September 30, 2030. Anticipated outcomes 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 to engage in community policing activities. The award is structured as a five-year project grant; extensions beyond the award end date will be considered on a case-by-case basis for up to twelve additional months. The recipient is responsible for submitting semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly SF-425 Federal Financial Reports, along with a final closeout report upon completion.

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