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News
Release
Congressman Bob Etheridge
North Carolina
July 1, 2003
Contact:
Sara Lang
Phone:
(202) 225-4531
Etheridge Announces Bulletproof Vest Grants For Area Cops
Grants Will Help Protect Area Cops in the Line of Fire
WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) today announced today that law enforcement agencies in the Second Congressional District have received more than $89,000 in federal grants to purchase bulletproof vests. The grants are being made as part of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000 which assists law enforcement agencies in the purchase of bulletproof vests for its officers. The awards are part of $957,365.27 in such grants being made throughout the state to purchase 3,190 vests. Etheridge actively led the effort in Congress to pass the initiative into law.
"This is good news for the police officers and citizens of North Carolina," Etheridge said. "These grants will help protect our law enforcement officers from the bullets which have taken the lives of too many of North Carolina's officers. Bulletproof vests have made the difference between life and death for law enforcement personnel throughout the country, and every officer should have access to this lifesaving device."
The Department of Justice awarded the grants under the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act of 2000. The purpose of the Act is to save the lives of law enforcement officers by helping states and local governments equip their law enforcement officers with armor vests. The law requires that at least half of the funds disbursed through this statute must go to units of government serving fewer than 100,000 residents. Each applicant for a grant under the act may request funds to help purchase one armor vest per law enforcement officer per year. Grants are made for up to 50 percent of the total cost of the vest, including all taxes and shipping and handling. The following grants have been made in the Second Congressional District:
| Recipient | Amount | Vests |
| Pittsboro Police Department Siler City Police Department |
$507.92 $2871.64 |
3 10 |
|
Bunn Police Department |
$3,026.48 $4,514.96 |
7 14 |
| Bunn Police Department Franklinton Police Department Dunn Police Department Harnett County Sheriff |
$330.45 $3,012.83 $2,812.12 $20,975.36 |
2 5 8 72 |
| Clayton Police Department Selma Police Department |
$2,182.62 $6,138.97 |
10 28 |
| Lee County Sheriff | $2,389.66 | 10 |
| Sampson County Sheriff City of Clinton |
$6,280.63 $7,857.42 |
14 24 |
| Bailey Police Department Middlesex Police Department Nash County Sheriff Whitakers Police Department |
$1,487.74 $2,310.24 $13,781.39 $1,093.55 |
6 6 75 5 |
| Henderson Police Department Vance County Sheriff |
$2,753.77 $2,366.20 |
15 11 |
| Garner Police Department | $2,574.26 | 9 |
| Total | $89,268.21 | 334 |
Agencies with questions regarding applying for a bullet proof vest grant should contact Etheridge's Raleigh office at (919) 829-9122.
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