Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-590-R1

Redraft EPS 590

Police Staffing Grants

Messrs. Finegold, Rodrigues, DiDomenico and Michael O. Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 1599-0026, moved that the bill be amended, in section 2, in item 1599-0026, by striking out the words “provided further, that $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the executive office of public safety and security for a competitive grant program to be administered by that executive office; provided further, that the grants shall be awarded to communities that: (a) have populations of at least 65,000; and (b) demonstrate that their police departments had an operating budget per capita of less than $200 in 2010” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “provided further, that $4,250,000 shall be transferred to the executive office of public safety and security for a competitive grant program for public safety and emergency staffing to be administered by that executive office; provided further, that the grants shall be awarded to communities that: (A) have populations of at least 65,000; and (B) demonstrate that their police departments had an operating budget per capita of less than $200 in 2010”; and

in said section 2, in said item 1599-0026, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended to the police department of the town of Plymouth for the creation of a street crime unit with the mission of disrupting and dismantling street level drug trade, open air drug dealing and distribution and crimes related to the use or trade of illegal drugs in the town of Plymouth and surrounding communities; provided further, that $40,000 shall be expended for the police department of the town of Barnstable to continue a street crime unit with the mission of disrupting and dismantling street level drug trade, open air drug dealing and distribution and crimes related to the use or trade of illegal drugs in the town of Barnstable and surrounding communities”; and

in said section 2, in said item 1599-0026, by striking out the figure “$6,400,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$7,790,000”.