City Council Committee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice hearing on Dockets #0182, 0247, 0342, & 0343

Message and Order authorizing the Police Commissioner to accept and expend a grant of One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand ($129,910.00) for the FY16 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant.

Message and Order authorizing the Police Commissioner to accept and expend a grant of One Million One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Nine Dollars and Twenty-Nine cents ($1,114,789.29) to support the FY17 Senator Charles E. Shannon Community Safety Initiative.

Docket 0342- Message and Order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) for the FY17 Mass Decontamination Units.

Message and Order authorizing the Police Commissioner to accept and expend a grant of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for the FY16 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvements.  

These matters were sponsored by Mayor Martin Walsh and referred to the Committee on March 1, 2017.

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Mail Address:  Dockets #0182,0247,0342,0343  City Council, City Hall, 5^th Floor, Boston MA  02201

Fax Number:  (617) 635-4203 Attn:   Ron Cobb, Dockets #0182,0247,0342,0343

Committee Email:  ccc.ps@Boston.gov

Staff Email:  Ron.Cobb @Boston.gov  Staff Telephone:  617 635- 3042

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