JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to apply for a federal Community Oriented Policing Services grant to fund a police officer position. Voters eliminated a detective position as of July 1 when they approved the Police Department budget on April 25. There is money in the budget to hire a part-time officer to cover for a […]
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COPS grant on Mexico board agenda this week
MEXICO — A federal grant for community policing and lighting improvements at the Recreation Building are among the items on Tuesday’s agenda for selectmen. The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Town Office. The town received a three-year Community Oriented Police Services grant of $156,071 in September 2013 to pay for […]
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Electric stove, COPS grant discussion on agenda for Mexico board meeting
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday will decide whether to replace an electric stove at the Town Office and whether to extend the COPS grant. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, in the Calvin P. Lyons room at the Town Office. During the board’s Dec. 23 meeting, Town Manager […]
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Mexico selectmen to consider extending COPS grant at January meeting
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday evening to vote at its next meeting on whether to extend the COPS grant the town received in 2013. The Mexico Police Department originally received the $156,071 grant in September 2013, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. The grant, awarded through the COPS Hiring Program, is designed to […]
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Dixfield selectmen turn down COPS grant request
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening against allowing police Chief Richard Pickett to apply for a new Community Oriented Policing Services grant that would pay for a fifth police officer for three years. Pickett said the Police Department applied for a COPS grant in 2011 and was approved in September 2011. As […]
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Mexico board OKs federal grant for fifth police officer
MEXICO — Selectmen voted 3-1 Tuesday night to accept a $208,095 federal grant to help pay for a fifth police officer for three years, Town Manager John Madigan said Wednesday morning. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awarded the Police Department $156,071. The town’s match is $52,024, which is about […]
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Auburn Police Department gets federal funds to hire two officers
AUBURN — City police can hire two more officers after $250,000 came in Friday from a federal Community Oriented Policing Services grant. Deputy Chief Jason Moen said the money will be used to cover 75 percent of the current school resource officer positions for three years and shift that current local funding to new jobs […]