Feds: No Reimbursement to Local Agencies for G-8 Summit

Local agencies may not be reimbursed for resources spent preparing for and supporting next week's G-8 summit unless they can get some help from local lawmakers.

Federal officials have not designated the summit a National Special Security Event, which would have triggered funding for local agencies, FrederickCounty Sheriff Chuck Jenkins said Friday.

"At this point, the word has been that there will be no reimbursement," Jenkins said. "As far as the Secret Service and other agencies are concerned, this will be nothing more than an extended presidential visit."

Jenkins said the city of Chicago received $40 million to prepare for the NATO summit scheduled for May 20 and 21, and he doesn't understand why similar funding wasn't granted for the G-8 summit

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