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Binghamton council expedites county DA funds and reviews multiple public-safety grants for park and neighborhood patrols
Summary
Council members discussed several federal and state public-safety grants that fund park patrols, investigators' overtime and crisis-response partnerships; the council voted 4–1 to expedite county DA funds for downtown foot and bike patrols so the city can spend them before a Sept. 30 deadline.
Binghamton City Council members on Monday discussed a package of federal and state public-safety grants that would fund uniformed officers in parks, overtime for investigators, storage and equipment for seized firearms, and partnerships with mental-health responders.
The council voted to expedite a county District Attorney grant meant to fund foot and bicycle patrols downtown and in parks, 4–1, to allow the city to begin spending the money before the county-imposed deadline of Sept. 30, 2025.
Why this matters: the packets before council included several grants that bring outside funding to routine police functions. Council members and staff debated program details, measurement of effectiveness and the scope of mental-health-related responses associated with some grants.
Details of the grants and uses - Investigator Kyle Kimac told the council that the Edward Byrne JAG fiscal year 2023 award would provide roughly $35,000 for overtime to place uniformed patrol officers in…
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