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Homeland Security awards $32K to local law enforcement agencies
Published Saturday, February 6, 2010
Local law enforcement agencies were awarded more than $32,000 in equipment as part of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant.
Susan Carpenter, the county’s emergency management agency director, said eight agencies in the county received items ranging from in-car laptops and handheld radios to video security systems for its office.
Receiving in-car laps were: the Covington County Sheriff’s Office and police departments in Gantt, River Falls, Florala, Opp and Lockhart.
Both Florala and Opp police departments also received handheld radios. Gantt and Red Level police departments received video security systems, and River Falls police department received an in-car video system.
Carpenter said she expects to know by June if the county will receive additional funding this year.
Comments
Posted by schmeltit_deltit (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 7:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Forget all the high tech equipment... just fix the fence on the county jail.
Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 2:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Whats wrong with the fence? Is there a big hole in it or what?
Posted by outlaw11 (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 5:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Stop arressting 165 lb men and go to 200+lb men, then they would be too big to climb thru...just picking...thanks for at least giving us back a 1/1,000,000th of what we put in...I know that Dennis will use it wisely.
Posted by TIMMY (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 12:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."
-- President Ronald Reagan
Posted by billybob (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 7:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm shocked.......Gantt has a police department....who knew?
Posted by aub4ever (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 3:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
where is the gantt or river falls police departments located... I'm 23 and born and raised here and have never seen these two...lol.... now that all the redneck sheriffs and gantt and river falls pd's have in car laptops and what not they will have to hire officers smart enough to use them
Posted by Patrick (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 11:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What movie did the Reagan quote come from and who wrote the script?
Posted by rabbit2300 (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 12:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well the laptops are required to do reports and tickets now the state is moving to paperless.
Posted by Shamrock (anonymous) on February 12, 2010 at 8:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You are all missing the entire point. Nothing is free.
There is a STRING attached to any money that the Feds "give" to us. Wake up and be useful.
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