Alameda Gets $41,660 Public Safety Grant Amid Pandemic

ALAMEDA, CA — The City of Alameda has received $41,660 in federal grant funding to help law enforcement and public safety agencies impacted by the new coronavirus pandemic.

Local governments can use the money as they see fit, but it might go toward new hires, overtime pay, protective gear, the distribution of resources and medical care for inmates, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

“The outbreak of COVID-19 and the public health emergency it created are sobering reminders that even the most routine duties performed by our nation’s public safety officials carry potentially grave risks,” said Katharine T. Sullivan, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Office of Justice Programs, in the release.

More than $7 million in total was distributed to local governments in Northern California as part of the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, which includes 170 awards totaling more than $272 million, according to the Bureau of Justice Assistance website. Alameda County has received $133,882.

The funding was awarded last week.

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