Cops Grants for Cities and Counties include money to Ridgeland and Madison County

Miss. cities, counties share cops grants

Twenty local governments, including Madison and Rankin counties and Ridgeland, will split $630,000 in federal law enforcement grants.

The grants come from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

"Each of these grants is intended to assist law enforcement in Mississippi to fight illegal activities, promote public safety and prosecute crimes," Sen. Thad Cochran said in a statement announcing the grant recipients.

The grants are as follows:

• City of Vicksburg/Warren County — $52,471 to purchase one police vehicle with patrol accessories.
• City of Meridian/Lauderdale County — $47,613 for the city to purchase technology to combat drug-related crime and for the county to enhance its communications capabilities.
• City of Greenville/Washington County — $47,747 to purchase equipment to improve data-gathering and communications equipment for the city and county.
• Cities of Olive Branch and Southaven — $37,597 for Olive Branch to establish a full-time traffic enforcement unit and Southaven to purchase mobile work stations for patrol units.
• City of Laurel/Jones County — $30,421 to purchase equipment for city and county law enforcement.
• City of Grenada/Grenada County — $19,135 to purchase equipment.
• City of Starkville/Oktibbeha County — $11,885 for the city and county to purchase Tasers.
• City of Tupelo — $23,620 to purchase Tasers and related equipment.
• City of Holly Springs – $21,078 to enhance officer safety, retention and equipment.
• City of Ridgeland – $10,240 to retrofit and equip a previously owned Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer to become a mobile command center.
• Leflore County — $31,468 to purchase video cameras for patrol units.
• Jackson County — $26,759 to purchase police radios and portable navigation systems for the aerial department.
• Marshall County — $21,676 to purchase and outfit a used patrol vehicle.
• Lowndes County — $19,808 to replace outdated equipment.
• Tunica County — $16,893 to upgrade patrol units with digital recording mobile systems.
• Lee County — $15,996 to update technology and improve data keeping.
• Lamar County — $13,529 to purchase new equipment and upgrade existing equipment.
• Rankin County — $11,810 to purchase portable radios.
• Panola County — $11,511 to purchase technology upgrades, including hand-held radios, laptop computers and website development.
• Madison County — $10,838 to purchase in-car laptops.

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