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Henderson council ratifies $70,000 body-camera grant submission, approves JAG application for in-car cameras
Summary
Council ratified the submission of a Bureau of Justice Assistance matching grant request for $70,000 to outfit all officers with body-worn cameras and approved a Justice Assistance Grant application to buy three in-car camera systems totaling $21,599 (shared 60/40 with Vance County).
Assistant Police Chief Vance Johnson told Council the Police Department has researched body-worn cameras and associated storage and access needs and recommended increasing an initial grant request from $48,958 to $70,000 so all officers would receive cameras. Because the BJA award would be a matching grant, the city would provide a…
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