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 Pharr $625,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program to fund the hiring and rehiring of career law enforcement officers to increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award supports engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess community problems, changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased agency capacity for community policing activities. The City of Pharr Police Athletic League, a division of the Pharr Police Department, is the ultimate recipient. Performance occurs in Pharr, Texas, with a period of performance through September 30, 2030. Recipients are responsible for submitting programmatic performance reports semiannually and SF-425 Federal Financial Reports quarterly, along with a final closeout report, and must cooperate with DOJ monitoring activities including site visits and enhanced office-based 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