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Socorro council approves multiple public-safety grant applications, backs robotics and security spending
Summary
The Socorro City Council approved several grant applications and a resolution backing public-safety funding, including requests for intelligence analysts, deployable barricades, cybersecurity upgrades and participation in Operation Lone Star. The council also endorsed a $1,004,400 Robot-as-a-Service public-safety program.
The Socorro City Council on Feb. 20 voted to approve multiple public-safety grant applications and a resolution to seek funding for new law-enforcement tools and technology.
City staff sought council approval to submit applications for several Office of the Governor programs and related grants. Alejandro Oladez, the city development director, told the council that the applications would be submitted on behalf of the Socorro Police Department and several neighboring agencies.
"We'd like to request your approval to submit an application on behalf of the Socorro Police Department, the Horizon Police Department, San Elisario Police Department, Clint Police Department, and Anthony Police Department for the multi jurisdictional intelligence sharing cooperation project," Oladez said. He told the council the request includes funding for two intelligence analysts to provide localized data and crime statistics for the participating agencies, and that Socorro would be the…
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