The Aroostook County Sheriff s Office in Houlton.
(Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times)
Aroostook police departments to receive grant money for COVID-related expenses Police departments across Aroostook County will receive additional funds to help them take on the unique challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
HOULTON, Maine Police departments across Aroostook County will receive additional funds to help them take on the unique challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The departments are receiving the funds from the Coronavirus Emergency Supplementing Funding program, or CESF, which comes from the Bureau of Justice Assistance as part of the U.S. Department of Justice. The total amount of the grant for Aroostook was $82,500, according to Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department Commander Joey Seeley.