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 Town of Mesilla, New Mexico $125,000 on October 1, 2025, under the COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068) to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The award is structured as a Project Grant with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. Work will be performed in Mesilla, NM. The recipient will engage in planned community partnerships, implement projects to analyze and assess community problems, and implement changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing operations. The recipient must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, participate in monitoring activities conducted by the COPS Office, and maintain 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