Commission accepts Missouri Blue Shield grant for sheriff's office radios
The commission approved Resolution 26-86 accepting a Missouri Blue Shield grant for the sheriff's office; speakers said the state Department of Public Safety grant program is competitive and the award will be used to buy additional radios as existing radios fail.
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The commission voted to accept Resolution 26-86, which accepts funds from the 2027 Missouri Blue Shield grant program for the sheriff's office. A sheriff's office speaker described the state Department of Public Safety grant process and noted the office sought funds to support law-enforcement operations, saying there were many applicants this year and awards were reduced; the speaker said, "1 was $50,000. But because we won't be able to put in for it, it got dropped down to $2,728,000."
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