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Brentwood OKs highway safety grant participation; overtime reimbursement to be tracked to overtime fund
Summary
The Select Board approved renewing pursuit of New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety enforcement grants that pay officers for overtime patrols (capped at $8,200) and directed reimbursements to be recorded to the department's overtime fund.
The Brentwood Select Board voted to pursue highway safety enforcement grants from the New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety that allow Brentwood officers to perform targeted overtime patrols on state and local roads, with a maximum grant cap discussed at $8,200.
Police Chief Justin Cody told the board the grants provide overtime funding for targeted enforcement — for example, speed or DUI enforcement during holiday weekends — and emphasized that the town should record reimbursed grant funds back into the police department’s overtime account rather than the general fund.
"So the town…
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