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Brentwood committee votes to apply for Missouri 'Blue Shield' recognition as police outline equipment purchases and new state reporting
Summary
The Brentwood Public Safety Committee voted 4-0 to direct staff to apply to the Missouri Department of Public Safety's Blue Shield recognition program. At the same meeting, Police Chief Spies detailed equipment purchases funded by asset forfeiture and described how recent state executive orders could change local reporting and coordination.
The Brentwood Public Safety Committee voted 4-0 Wednesday to direct staff to submit an application to the Missouri Department of Public Safety for the Blue Shield recognition program.
The recognition program drew discussion after Police Chief Spies briefed the committee on department purchases and state executive orders that could affect local operations. The committee's action sends the application to the full Board of Aldermen for consideration.
The application vote. Alderman Sims moved that the city investigate and apply to participate in the Blue Shield recognition program; the motion was seconded and passed on a roll-call vote with Chairman Plowka, Alderman Sims, Alderman Lochmiller and Alderman Harter voting yes. The committee…
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