Police Seek Input On Grant’S Use

Mon., Dec. 11, 2000

The Spokane Police Department wants public comment on how to use the $342,000 federal grant it will get over the next two years.

The Spokane City Council is having a public hearing tonight during its regular meeting on the U.S. Department of Justice block grant.

As currently planned, about $277,000 of the cash will go toward equipment and computer technology to upgrade the department’s crime programs.

About $50,000 of it will go to the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office for juvenile prosecution efforts and the remaining $15,000 will pay for an accountant to manage the grant and several other federal awards.

The department said it can’t use the money to hire new personnel because it has a two-year time limit.

The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the lower level of City Hall.

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Police Seek Input On Grant’S Use

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