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Emergency-management update raises concerns about grant terms and trooper shortages
Summary
The council heard a regional emergency-management briefing on changed federal/state grant terms and short timelines for deliverables, and members discussed a statewide decline in state police staffing and recruitment challenges that are affecting resident trooper coverage in the region.
Chris Porter, the region’s emergency-management representative, briefed the council on recent changes to federal and state grant programs. Porter said some federal grant timelines and terms have been adjusted, litigation is affecting rollout in Connecticut, and some programs now carry shorter periods of performance that could…
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