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Council hears public-safety proposals including Howard Street lighting and evidence-room purchases
Summary
Public-safety committee advanced authorizations for a new Howard Street light pole to improve safety and for grant-funded evidence-room purchases; training opportunities for officers were also described as grant-funded and not costing the city.
The public-safety committee summarized four items advanced from committee: authorization for a new pole and light on Howard Street, a $20,000 grant allocation for evidence-room items, and two grant-funded training opportunities for officers.
The public-safety chair said the new pole on Howard Street "will provide more light" and make the area "a little bit more safe." The committee also reviewed a list of roughly 10 items that detectives requested for the evidence room; the chair said the grant will cover those items. Officers scheduled to attend the public-safety symposium in Albany will be funded through DCJS grant money, and a leadership certification program in Erie County will support lieutenants and sergeants seeking training.
Committee members discussed these items as ways to expose officers to new ideas and technologies and noted that the training and certification opportunities were paid through grants and would not cost the city.
