Seven law enforcement agencies in the Capital region are slated to receive federal recovery grants totaling $1.43 million.
“This funding will ensure that law enforcement leaders across Michigan have the tools they need to help keep their communities safe,” says Governor Jennifer Granholm. More than $41 million will be awarded statewide. Those receiving the funding must spend it by September, 2012.
Two of the grants in the Capital region will support county-wide, multi-jurisdictional electronic upgrades; three will enhance patrol car software and hardware.
The grants include: $332,200 for Meridian Charter Township Police Department for an automated license plate recognition system and $271,662 for Lansing’s Domestic Violence Court for increased use of an electronic monitoring tether system.
Clinton County’s 11 law enforcement agencies will join the county’s central dispatch to upgrade their mobile data computer systems with $129,000. Meanwhile, in Ingham County, the VisionJail Booking System will create a county-wide, multi-jurisdictional jail system and cost $400,000.
Both the City of DeWitt ($13,090) and DeWitt Township ($35,980) will get computer upgrades to their patrol cars.
The City of Lansing will administer $400,000 to the Tri-County Metro multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement team focusing on dismantling mid- to high-level drug dealers and organizations in Ingham, Eaton and Ingham Counties.
Additional competitive grants, administered by the federal Department of Justice, have yet to be announced.
Source: Gov. Jennifer Granholm
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