Safe Streets Grant Accepted/Canine & Mounted Patrol Funds

City Police Department to Establish Scholarship and K-9/Mounted Patrol Funds at Community Foundation; Passage of Safe Streets Grant Acceptance.

Mayor James Ireton Jr. and Salisbury Police Chief Barbara Duncan applaud the Salisbury City Council this evening as Resolution 2079 and 2080 have passed. The two resolutions create donation lines to accept funds from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore for the creation of an SPD scholarship fund for minority police officer candidates and creation of a K-9 and SPD Mounted Unit.

Chief Barbara Duncan said, “These donation lines are important because they highlight the vision of a revitalized and economically stable urban hub here in Salisbury.  The community now has a direct way to help build their police department from within by funding college tuition for non-traditional, minority police candidates.  Additionally, the public now has the ability to support K-9 and Mounted Patrol on a permanent basis. These new units provide the Salisbury Police Department with much needed crime fighting tools while simultaneously increasing the Department’s recruitment capital.”

For more information or to donate: http://www.ci.salisbury.md.us/Default.aspx?tabid=653

Mayor Ireton also praised the acceptance by Council of the 2012 Safe Streets award by GOCCP in the amount of $324,623.

“Safe Streets is awarded and accepted for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. The Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention recognized the great work of our Safe Streets Coalition and have funded the initiative again. These dollars are making a difference as Salisbury has seen 545 fewer part-one crimes over the past 2 years. Our citizens are proud of this coalition and its positive results,” said Mayor Ireton.