Canceled:
City Council Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice Hearing on Dockets #1247 and #1248

Docket #1247, Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Hundred Forty One Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($441,825.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY22 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant-Local Allocation, awarded by the United States Department of Justice to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund a Domestic Violence Management Analyst at the Family Justice Center, a Hub & Center of Responsibility Coordinator and a Technology Coordinator for multiple data collection, reporting and records management systems, referred to Committee on October 19, 2022; and,

Docket #1248, Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Three Hundred Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Five Dollars ($315,365.00) in the form of a grant for the FY2022 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program, awarded by the United States Department of Justice to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund two Criminalist positions, lab supplies, equipment and continuing education expenses, referred to Committee on October 19, 2022.  Mayor Wu sponsored these dockets.   

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Public Testimony

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Mail Address:  Dockets 1247, 1248 City Council, City Hall, 5^th Floor, Boston MA 02201

Committee Email:  ccc.ps@boston.gov

Staff Email:  christine.odonnell@boston.gov   Staff Telephone:  617-635-1185

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