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Round Rock approves application for $417,450 state grant to expand license-plate readers and pilot drone first-responder program

2124475 · January 9, 2025
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Summary

Council authorized staff to apply for a $417,450 Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority grant (Senate Bill 224 program) with a 20% local match of $83,490 to fund ALPRs, a drone first-responder pilot and cameras and tracking devices.

The Round Rock City Council authorized staff to submit an application to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles for a Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority grant totaling $417,450, with a required 20% local match of $83,490 to be provided from the city's law enforcement fund.

Tom Sloan, criminal investigations division commander for the Round Rock Police Department, described the grant request and how the funds would be…

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