Police agencies get grant money


September 21, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

The funds must be used between Sept. 1, 2009, and Aug. 31, 2010.

STAFF REPORT

YOUNGSTOWN — Sixteen area police agencies are among 175 across the state to be awarded a state law enforcement grant to will support drug-use prevention efforts.

Richard Cordray, Ohio Attorney General, said the grant funds total nearly $2.8 million.

“This grant helps support a worthy public goal: educating our kids about the right decisions to make when confronted by drugs,” he said in a press release.

The grant program previously had been reserved only for police officers using the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) curriculum, but Cordray expanded the eligibility to include school resource officers and others who perform drug-use prevention activities in schools.

The grant money comes from motor vehicle drivers convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated paying a $75 license reinstatement fee that goes into a grant fund.

Funds from the grant must be used between Sept. 1, 2009, and Aug. 31, 2010. Grant money funds up to 50 percent of the base pay of officers who work with public school students to help them avoid drug use.

The local recipients are:

Mahoning County

  • Beaver Police Department: $2,962.
  • Goshen Police District: $13,015.
  • Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office: $14,822.
  • New Middletown Police Department: $2,483.
  • Poland Township Police Department: $9,635.
  • Springfield Township Police Department: $1,813.

Trumbull County

  • City of Hubbard Police Department: $6,819.
  • Cortland City Police Department: $5,875.
  • Fowler Township Police Department: $7,280.
  • Girard Police Department: $4,162.
  • Liberty Township Police Department: $6,266.
  • Lordstown Police Department: $1,181.
  • Newton Falls Police Department: $11,700.

Columbiana County

  • Columbiana Police Department: $3,434.
  • East Palestine Police Department: $1,163.
  • Lisbon Police Department: $3,928.