Amendment #461 to H3400

Community Policing

[Sponsors] Representatives Torrisi of North Andover, Devers of Lawrence, and Adams of Andover move to amend the bill in section 2 by inserting after item 8000-0000 the following item:

8000-0010  For community policing grants to be administered by the executive office of public safety; provided, that no such grants shall be awarded to the department of state police; provided further, that grants shall only be expended on items that are related to community policing activities, programs, purchases or construction; provided further, that grant funds shall not be expended on food and beverages, recruit training academy tuition, salaries and benefits for non-community policing personnel and payments for non-related overtime; provided further, that no less than $500,000 shall be expended for community policing activities in the city of Lawrence; and provided further, that, not later than March 15, 2012, the executive office of public safety shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the amount of grants awarded to these grant recipients and descriptions of these grants $5,000,000