Editing Harlingen, Texas (section)

==Government==
===City government===
Harlingen is governed by a mayor elected at-large and a five-member city commission representing five individual single-member districts. All seats are eligible for election every three years. The current mayor is Norma Sepulveda, who was elected in 2022. The city commissioners are District 1 Ford H. Kinsley, District 2 Daniel N. Lopez, District 3 Mike Mezmar, District 4 Frank Morales, and District 5 Rene Perez.

====City commission====
The commission meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 5:30&nbsp;pm at City Hall.<ref name="myharlingen.us">{{Cite web|url=http://www.myharlingen.us/|title=City of Harlingen, Texas|website=Myharlingen.us|access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref>

====Police department====

[[File:Patch of the Harlingen Police Department.png|thumb|upright|Harlingen Police patch]]
The Harlingen Police Department embraces the community policing philosophy. The police force consists of nearly 160 sworn police officers. The department receives more than 50,000 911 calls per year. The department's Mission Statement is, "It is the mission of the Harlingen Police Department to provide services with integrity and dedication, to preserve life, to enforce the law, and to work in partnership with the community to enhance the quality of life in the City of Harlingen."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myharlingen.us/page/police.home|title=Harlingen Police Department|website=City of Harlingen, Texas|access-date=August 8, 2019|archive-date=August 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808204835/http://www.myharlingen.us/page/police.home|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===State government===
The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] operates the Harlingen Parole Office in Harlingen.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff4.htm Parole Division Region IV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904002737/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff4.htm |date=4 September 2011 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved May 21, 2010.</ref>

===Federal representation===
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates two post offices in Harlingen, including the Harlingen Post Office and the Downtown Harlingen post office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/downtown-harlingen-221-e-van-buren-ave-ste-3-harlingen-tx-1435758 Post Office Location Downtown Harlingen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606145255/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/downtown-harlingen-221-e-van-buren-ave-ste-3-harlingen-tx-1435758 |date=6 June 2012 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved May 9, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/harlingen-1502-new-combes-hwy-harlingen-tx-1366251 Post Office Location – Harlingen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606145259/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/harlingen-1502-new-combes-hwy-harlingen-tx-1366251 |date=6 June 2012 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved May 9, 2010.</ref>

==== U.S. Department of Justice====
Harlingen is home to the U.S. [[Executive Office for Immigration Review|Immigration Court]], one of 52 such courts in the U.S. that adjudicate immigration cases in the United States. The chief function of the Immigration Court is to conduct [[removal proceedings]], which are [[administrative proceeding]]s to determine the [[deportation|removability]] of noncitizens present within the United States.

==== U.S. Homeland Security Agencies ====
The [[United States Border Patrol]] Harlingen Station is located at 3902 S. Expressway 77 Harlingen, Texas.

==== Military installations ====
The Harlingen Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) is located at 1300 W Teege Ave, Harlingen, Texas. This facility hosts [[Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces]] units from the [[United States Army Reserve]] 319th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Team, 1st Judge Advocate General Detachment, 5th Team, 1st Judge Advocate General Detachment, and 812th Quartermaster Company (Supply). The [[United States Navy Reserve]] Navy Operations Support Center Harlingen (NOSC Harlingen) and the [[United States Marine Corps Reserve]] Charlie Company (Det) [[1st Battalion 23rd Marines]] [[4th Marine Division (United States)|4th Marine Division]]. This facility is mostly used for monthly drills. A Military Retiree Activities Office is located at the Harlingen AFRC.