Common Council approves grants for additional police, fire equipment
Elizabeth Billman | Senior Staff Photographer
The additional equipment includes body armor for SPD s Public Order Unit and thermal imaging cameras for the fire department.
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The Syracuse Common Council approved over $300,000 in federal grants for new police and fire equipment at its meeting Monday.
Of the grants which the council passed unanimously $173,000 will go toward police equipment and $125,000 toward fire equipment.
New equipment for the Syracuse Police Department includes $75,000 toward SWAT team equipment and protective security detail training and $53,000 toward new body armor for the department’s Public Order Unit officers tasked with handling protests in the city. An additional $50,000 will be spent to build a fence around the Townse