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South Bend police credit Raymond PD partnership, secure small grants for equipment
Summary
Police Chief Stegall thanked a neighboring department for donating range equipment and said a staff member secured roughly $1,500 in small grants to update equipment including a portable breath test machine; city spending on those items will be about $150.
Police Chief Stegall told the council the South Bend Police Department has deepened training ties with the Raymond Police Department and that Chief Matlock helped supply equipment for firearms training.
"He purchased, actually, double everything we asked for," Stegall said, noting the donation covered items the department lacked for range training. Stegall said Raymond also helped with training logistics, covering hotel costs so officers could share rooms, which reduced expenses for South Bend.
Stegall also credited the department’s police secretary, Eva, for securing small grants through a program identified in the transcript as Waspic to cover equipment upgrades. Stegall said the grants total about $1,500 for items such as a printer, scanner and a portable breath test machine, and that the city would contribute roughly $150 from its own budget.
The report was presented as part of department head reports; no formal motion or further action on the equipment or training was recorded.
