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 Palmview $539,436 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire additional career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award funds implementation of community policing projects in Mission, Texas, with a five-year performance period through September 30, 2030. The COPS Hiring Program supports state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide in reducing crime and advancing public safety through community-oriented policing strategies. Recipients must submit programmatic performance reports semiannually and federal financial reports quarterly, and are subject to monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews conducted by the COPS Office, the Office of the Inspector General, or designated DOJ entities.

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