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CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON ANNOUNCES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FUNDS AWARDED ACROSS THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

For Immediate Release
Contact: Stephanie Booker
October 18, 2012
601-866-9003

 

CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON ANNOUNCES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FUNDS AWARDED ACROSS THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT


BOLTON, MISSISSIPPI – Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced The United States Department of Justice has awarded funds through the Office of Justice Programs Bulletproof Vest Partnership/Body Armor Safety Initiative.

Agency Name

Amount

Number of Vests

Bolivar County

$4,500.00

15

City of Byram

$1,750.00

5

City of Carthage

$1,218.00

4

City of Clinton

$3,437.50

10

Copiah County

$8,990.00

20

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

$4,492.50

15

City of Greenwood

$5,015.00

17

City of Indianola

$1,770.00

6

Jackson Public School District

$6,270.00

20

Leake County

$2,125.00

5

Madison County

$16,300.00

50

State of Mississippi

$5,302.57

105

City of Ruleville

$4,030.00

13

City of Vicksburg

$4,045.00

10

Town of Wesson

$2,000.00

8

 

For more information visit http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bvpbasi/ .

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