The Byrnes Mill Police Department got an early Christmas gift this year.
The department has received word that it will receive a $900 traffic enforcement grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation, despite the agency issuing a four-year moratorium against awarding grants to the Police Department.
It has been just two years since the moratorium was issued, so the grant means a lot to the Police Department, Byrnes Mill Police Chief Frank T. Selvaggio said.
âRight after I started here (in October 2018), I was advised by MoDOT that we would have a minimum four-year moratorium placed on us before we could receive MoDOT grants for traffic enforcement,â Selvaggio said. âIâve been working with them since that time, trying to convince them to change their policy with us, and they agreed to start small and see how that worked.â