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Wichita approves application to seek up to $500,000 in school-safety technology grant
Summary
The Wichita City Council voted 7-0 to allow the police department to apply for FY25 COPS School Violence Prevention Program funding to buy school safety and public-notification technology, with a 25% local match and estimated city cost capped at roughly $42,000 a year.
Captain Aaron Moses, Wichita Police Department, told the City Council that the department would like permission to apply for FY25 COPS School Violence Prevention Program grant funding to buy school-safety and public-notification technology.
Moses said the application seeks "up to $500,000 over 36 months with a 25% match," and that the department plans to link the equipment to the city’s Real Time Information Center so dispatchers would be able to see school floor plans…
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