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Bradenton CRA approves funding to continue police Community Policing Innovations Initiative
Summary
The Community Redevelopment Agency unanimously approved CRA funding for the Bradenton Police Department’s Community Policing Innovations Initiative, covering most personnel and training costs and continuing a multi-year partnership that uses CPTED and targeted operations in CRA districts.
The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Bradenton on a unanimous vote approved CRA funding for the Bradenton Police Department’s Community Policing Innovations Initiative, which funds specially trained CRA officers and a dedicated caseworker to support crime prevention, blight reduction and community engagement across the city’s CRA districts.
The funding request, presented by CRA manager Chris Mignon and Bradenton Police Department officers, aligns the police project with the CRA’s three redevelopment plans and asks the CRA to cover the majority of personnel and training costs for fiscal year 2025–26.
CRA manager Chris Mignon said the project “continues the CRA’s long lasting relationship with the BPD to achieve mutual goals of community improvement and blight…
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