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Wilson County committee approves interlocal MOU, grants for law enforcement and jail equipment, moves forward with five-year Axon body-camera plan
Summary
The committee voted to approve an interlocal MOU to coordinate emergency communications, accept a $200,000 recruitment grant and a $355,000 reimbursement health grant for jail equipment, authorize a $40,000 line transfer for recruit supplements, approve a five-year Axon body-camera agreement and declare five vehicles surplus.
Wilson County committee members on Dec. 5 approved a series of measures backing county law-enforcement recruitment, jail equipment upgrades and a multi-agency operations agreement.
The committee approved an interlocal memorandum of understanding (MOU) intended to combine county, WEMA and 911 operations into a shared communications structure. Landry, who presented the item, said the MOU was drafted with Mayor Denons, Billy Cooper and Karen Moore and had already passed the WEMA board. "We've been in discussion ... to combine all 3 entities in the same field," Landry said, and asked the committee to forward the MOU to the 911 board with the agreed funding framework. The committee voted to approve the interlocal agreement by voice vote.
Landry also presented a $200,000 grant from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy aimed at recruiting and retaining certified officers. "We have been…
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