The Sacramento Police Department has been awarded an $8 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  This grant is the part of the Homeland Security Department’s $725 million to be released to 50 cities throughout the nation for the purpose of increasing the overall security of the major urban areas. The Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) goal is to enhance security and preparedness levels to prevent, respond and recover from acts of terrorism.

The Police Department was awarded $6.9 million last June from the Department of Homeland Security as part of the first phase of the UASI.  The grant is coordinated through California’s Office of Emergency Services (OES).

You can obtain more information about this grant and others at www.dhs.gov

If you have any specific questions regarding this grant and the police department, please call me at (916) 433-0809.

Sergeant Jim Jarosick
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