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Committee approves state grants, equipment and contracts; lawmakers press fingerprinting, privacy questions
Summary
Ulster County’s law enforcement and public safety committee approved several state pass‑through grants, equipment MOUs and routine contracts for communications, jail management and the sheriff’s office; a legislator raised privacy concerns about biometric tech used for fingerprinting.
Ulster County’s law enforcement and public safety committee on Feb. 5 approved a series of state grant acceptances, equipment MOUs and contract amendments ranging from homeland security funding to jail management software.
Director Ericson described the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) amendment the committee approved as an annual, largely federal pass‑through grant the county uses for public‑health preparedness personnel, cybersecurity/access control work with county IT and law enforcement equipment (including the sheriff’s UAS/drone…
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