City Council Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice Hearing on Dockets #0108, #0109, #0110

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirteen Million Five Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($13,520,000.00) in the form of a grant for continued support of planning, exercises, trainings and operational needs that will assist in building enhanced and sustainable security capacities to help prevent, respond to and recover from threats to acts of terrorism, including Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive incidents, awarded by the United States Department of Homeland Security, passed though the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security, to be administered by the Department of Emergency Management. The grant will fund the Federal FY2022 Urban Areas Security Initiative, referred to the Committee on November 30, 2022.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million One Hundred Sixty Nine Thousand Six Hundred Twenty Three Dollars ($1,169,623.00) in the form of a grant for the Boston-Providence Regional Catastrophic Preparedness project, through which we work to close known capability gaps, encourage innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents and build in existing regional preparedness efforts, awarded by the United States Department of Homeland Security, passed through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to be administered by the Department of Homeland Security. The grant will fund the Federal FY22 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness, referred to the Committee on November 30, 2022.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Five Hundred Sixty Seven Thousand Dollars ($567,000.00) in the form of a grant for the FY23 State Information System Improvements, awarded by the United States Department of Transportation, passed through the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund specialized equipment for 564 marked and unmarked cruisers to implement the Motor Vehicle Automated Citation and Crash System in Boston.  The eCitation technology issues electronic traffic citations which can be printed out in the police cruisers, referred to the Committee on December 14, 2022.  Mayor Wu sponsored these dockets.   

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Public Testimony    

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Staff Contact: Christine O'Donnell 

Mail Address:  Dockets 0108, 0109, 0110 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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