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Council reviews $4.1 million 9-1-1 support grant and $528,156 training award for telecommunicators

Boston City Council Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice · December 4, 2025
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Summary

The committee heard from the BPD 9-1-1 operations director about a $4,125,000 public-safety answering point support grant to maintain the CAD backbone and sustain center staffing across agencies, plus a $528,156.32 training grant shared among the three public-safety agencies to certify telecommunicators.

Chris Marcunas, director of the operations 9-1-1 division for the Boston Police Department, described two state grants that support the city's emergency response infrastructure.

Marcunas said a $4,125,000 9-1-1 support and incentive grant from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security will help fund computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system maintenance…

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