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Palmer reports 14 new COVID-19 related deaths; total now at 21
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
PALMER – Town Manager Ryan McNutt’s most recent report to the Palmer Town Council indicates 14 new COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the cumulative total here to 21, since the pandemic began in March.
The town manager’s office provided a copy of McNutt’s Jan. 11 report to The Republican on Wednesday.
It says there are currently “91 actively positive cases in Town. (21) residents of Town have died from Covid-19 at present; (14) in the past two weeks. About (20) of the new positive cases are people between the ages of 18 to 22.”
The state department of public health (DPH), in the Jan. 14 weekly report, shows 505 cumulative cases and 118 cases in the last 14 days.
Palmer buying police body cameras with federal grant
Updated Dec 16, 2020; PALMER – The Police Department will purchase 30 body cameras for all of its full time officers.
Palmer Police Chief Christopher Burns successfully applied for a $31,200 federal grant to pay for the new equipment, Town Manager Ryan McNutt told the council at Monday’s meeting.
The idea of equipping officers with cameras was first researched in depth by the department in 2018.
The money to purchase them, from a US Department of Justice program, called Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant.
It is named in memory of Byrne, a 22-year-old New York City police officer, who was shot to death while on duty in 1988.