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 $880,432 to Municipio De Bayamon on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and increase the municipality's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award covers a five-year period of performance through September 30, 2030, with work performed in Puerto Rico. 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 recipient must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly financial reports, participate in DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews, and retain financial records for three years following award conclusion.

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