At approximately $15 million in approved grant funds, 2022 is the City of McAllen Police Department’s most successful year for approved grant applications.Some grant applications succeeded only after several application attempts. The U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing (DOJ COPS) Grant succeeded during this cycle. On October 13, 2022, the City of McAllen was notified of its successful 2022 fiscal year COPS hiring grant application of $1.875 million to increase the McAllen Police Department strength by 15 sworn officers.Another notable grant success during this cycle was the Texas Rio Grande Valley Texas Anti-Gang grant.On September 17, 2021, HB 5,