BYRNE GRANT MONEY AT STAKE
Senator Kit Bond is help leading a bipartisan group of 51 Senators in pushing for nearly $490 million dollars to restore funding for the Byrne grant, which aids law enforcement officers right here in the Ozarks.
Right now the proposed funding level represents a two-thirds cut from 2007 levels. Byrne grants are a major tool used to help fight drug crime, particularly the meth war.
Here's Bond's statement on the funding plan:
Right now the proposed funding level represents a two-thirds cut from 2007 levels. Byrne grants are a major tool used to help fight drug crime, particularly the meth war.
Here's Bond's statement on the funding plan:
"Despite the critical role our drug task forces and law enforcement officials play keeping our families and neighborhoods safe, federal funding for local law enforcement has gone down, which is why I am fighting to restore funds to this critical program," said Senator Bond. "There must be a local, state and federal partnership to keep our communities safe and I will do everything I can to get local law enforcement the federal assistance they need to ensure our families are protected."
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