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Public safety panel forwards three ordinances including $225,388 DCJS grant for police

Richmond Public Safety Standing Committee · March 24, 2026
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Summary

The Richmond Public Safety Standing Committee voted to forward three ordinances to council: acceptance of a $225,388 DCJS grant for police violent-crime overtime and a gun-violence analyst; creation of a $2 million safety-camera special fund; and $150,000 from VDEM for an AI radio-transcription pilot. The committee recommended approval.

Chair Trammell opened the meeting and the committee considered a block containing three ordinances that the panel voted to forward to the full council with a recommendation to approve.

Rick Edwards, chief of police for the City of Richmond, said ordinance 20-26-057 would accept $225,388 from the Department of Criminal Justice Services to support violent-crime overtime, fund a gun-violence analyst position and provide training and officers for a Spring Forward…

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