Salisbury Mayor James Ireton, Jr. is pleased to announce that the City’s grant application for the, 2010 Safe Streets - MSSP initiative has been approved by the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention (GOCCP). The Safe Streets - MSSP grant provides the city with additional resources to support a security integration model of multi-agency collaboration. The funding will be utilized to pay salary and benefits for a Grant Coordinator, Hope Project Coordinator and Facilitator, overtime and benefits for the Salisbury Police Department and the States Attorney’s Office, equipment for Neighborhood Services and Code Compliance, the Board of Education, and incentives for Crime Solvers.
The City of Salisbury’s Safe Streets – MSSP is a collaborative team concept administered by the Salisbury Police Department. Partner agencies will include the Department of Parole and Probation, Department of Juvenile Services, Maryland State Police, the Sherriff’s Department, the States Attorney’s Office, Salisbury University, the Wicomico Housing Authority, the Wicomico Partnership for Youth and Families, U. S. Department of Justice, Higher Hope Ministries of the United Methodist Church, City of Salisbury Neighborhood Services and Code Compliance, and neighborhood associations. The following projects will receive funding under this award:
Personnel
30% Benefits Coordinator $10,500.00
Salary for Coordinator $35,000.00
Police Officer – Overtime $43,204.00
30% Benefits Police Overtime $12,961.00
Contractual Services
Facilitator – Fringe – Hope Project $1,296.00
Facilitator – Salary – Hope Project $4,320.00
Coordinator – Fringe – Hope Project $1,728.00
Coordinator – Salary – Hope Project $5,760.00
Prosecutor - Overtime $5,040.00
Prosecutor – Fringe $1,512.00
Equipment
Garrett Wands – Board of Education $5,040.00
Office Computers – Police Substations $2,000.00
Field Computers – Neighborhood Services & Code Comp. $16,000.00
Other
Therapeutic Program Supplies – Project Hope $550.00
Alarm Systems/Monitoring for Substations $2,000.00
Incentives for Crime Solvers $2, 500.00
Comcate Software – 1 year license – Neighborhood Svcs. $6,850.00
“The Salisbury City Council has my greatest thank you this evening, as they have passed the acceptance of our Salisbury Safe Streets – MSSP grant from Governor Martin O’Malley’s office of Crime Control and Prevention. This $156,000 grant is, for Salisbury, spending capital in the right place, at the right time. The goal of reducing crime by 25% in our city is an ambitious one, yet it is one that our residents have demanded. Our journey to becoming the safest city in Maryland has begun. Our relationships with Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis, Lt. Ernest Leatherbury, and Wicomico County State’s Attorney, Davis Ruark, are solid. Acting Chief Ivan Barkley and I look forward to the collaboration that will make success possible”, said Mayor James Ireton, Jr.
For more information about the Safe Streets – MSSP initiative, please contact Chief Ivan Barkley, Salisbury Police Department, at (410) 548-3165.
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Where will a 25% reduction in crime take us when crime is up 18% at this time? It's a start but not nearly enough.
ReplyDeleteWasn't this money to pay for overtime, period. All that stuff to be bought won't help put feet on the street.
ReplyDeleteA feel good project, yet another waste of taxpayers money.
ReplyDeleteIsnt' this the program that brought crime in Annapolis down 50%in just a year? The program that had not just overtime for cops, but a multi-pronged approach?
ReplyDeleteI say give the mayor the chance we all deserve and pitch in to make it work.
9:29, I don't think so. Talk to Terry Cohen about it. She knows more about this Safe Streets thing than anybody I think. Last night she said something about what the coordinator does. She said Annapolis did this program with good results. Sorry I don't know more to share here but that's a bit of what I heard on PAC 14 last night.
ReplyDelete10:38 I agree. As I mentioned on here last week,until the judges start handing down mandatory sentencing, until we have "truth in sentencing, and until the death penalty is enforced - no program like this is going to work. You can bet those running for re-election such as our governor, sheriff, states attorny, council members, etc. will all holler about a feather in their cap; that they are finally "doing something about crime". what a joke.
ReplyDelete16K for Neighborhood services and Code and comp? Why so they can go out and fine the good people rather than the ones that really need to be fined. They get a grant and piss its away.
ReplyDeleteI agree its a waste of money.How are "feel good" projects going to cut down on crime?Its time people in these neighborhoods did something to help them and started reporting crime and keeping their yards clean.All these "neighborhood incentives" boil down to is free food,free trash cleanup and midnight baseketball with the kids.Wheres the extra cops they shuld be hiring?
ReplyDeleteIt all boils down to supporting the citizens willing to stand-up against crime, prove you are serious about protecting these citizens, and go after the bad guys hard. Sounds alot like fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan.
ReplyDeletethey wont get a chance to get any of that equipt... the city will get another piece of fire apparatus that it doesnt need... all they need now is a helicopter or airplane or some other frivolous toy
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