Local News in Brief : Law Enforcement Grants
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Federal grants totaling $2.7 million were awarded Wednesday to city and county law enforcement agencies to help in the war against drugs, but local authorities immediately decried the grants as too small.
“We’re going to use this money as effectively as we can, but we must say in all candor we need more,” Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley said at a news conference with city and county law enforcement officials.
The grants are to be divided between the city and county, with the city receiving $1.35 million and the county $1.38 million.
The Los Angeles Police Department will receive about $950,000 and the Sheriff’s Department more than $1 million, officials said. The remainder of the money will be divided among the city attorney’s office, the district attorney’s office and the Probation Department.
Police Chief Daryl F. Gates and Assistant Sheriff Jerry Harper said they will spend their share of the money to crack down on mid-level drug dealers who sell cocaine to youth gangs, and on gang members who sell drugs.
The grants were awarded under a federal drug enforcement program created by Congress.
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