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Council approves $150,000 public-safety grant for UTEC-Lawrence street-work and police partnership
Summary
The council approved a $150,000 grant from the state to fund a one-year violence-intervention partnership between UTEC and the Lawrence Police Department, splitting $75,000 for police gang-unit support and $75,000 for UTEC street workers and youth services.
The Lawrence City Council on March 4 approved accepting a $150,000 grant from the Massachusetts Secretary’s Office of Public Safety to fund violence-intervention services in Lawrence.
City documents and presenters said the grant will be split evenly: $75,000 to support the Lawrence Police Department’s gang unit and $75,000 to fund UTEC (sometimes spelled UTech in the meeting) street-work services and…
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