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 Municipio De Lares $144,566 under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program on October 1, 2025. The award funds the hiring and rehiring of career law enforcement officers to increase the municipality's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Performance extends through September 30, 2030, with work performed in Puerto Rico. The COPS Hiring Program (Assistance Listing 16.068) provides five-year funding to law enforcement agencies to advance community policing. Recipients commit to semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly financial reports, and are subject to DOJ monitoring including site visits and compliance reviews. The award represents a Project Grant assistance type.

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