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Goldsboro council backs police grant applications and discusses 10% SRO pay incentive
Summary
The council authorized applications for two Department of Justice grants — a $175,000 community policing micro grant and a $63,290 school violence prevention grant (which requires a 25% match) — and heard Chief Pete West propose a 10% SRO pay incentive to recruit and retain school resource officers.
Goldsboro City Council on Tuesday authorized the police department to apply for two federal grant opportunities and discussed a staffing incentive for school resource officers.
Chief Pete West told the council the department will request funds through the U.S. Department of Justice COPS 2025 community policing micro grant, noting “the total amount of the funding available under this opportunity is a $175,000” and that the department intends to request that full amount to buy a resource-router patrol-management platform, license-plate readers and expand…
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