Brown Announces More Than $4 Million for Law Enforcement Equipment in Northern Ohio

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) welcomed a $4,323,000 investment for four counties and one police department to develop and acquire effective equipment, technologies, and interoperable communications to help respond to and prevent crime. The investments come from the Department of Justice’s COPS Technology and Equipment Program, which invests in projects that improve police effectiveness and the flow of information between law enforcement agencies, local government providers, and the communities they serve.

“We have fought for these much-needed investments to ensure that law enforcement across the state can keep their communities safe. This will provide communities in Northern Ohio with the resources and equipment they need to prevent crime and protect Ohioans,” said Brown.

Investments from the Technology and Equipment Program include:

• $2,000,000 Unpleasant Cuyahoga County.

• $963,000 to the Oregon Police in Lucas County.

• $735,000 Unpleasant Fulton County.

• $500,000 Unpleasant Medina district.

• $125,000 Unpleasant Stark County.

Brown is a law enforcement advocate in Ohio. Earlier this summer, Brown secured four investments to purchase new patrol vehicles and hire, train and retain law enforcement officers throughout northeast Ohio. He is also Push to the Social Security Fairness Actwhich will promote the recruitment of law enforcement personnel by ensuring that law enforcement officers receive their full social security benefits.

Brown has also assisted Ohio law enforcement in their fight to address the fentanyl crisis. After hearing directly from law enforcement in the state about the need to keep fentanyl out of the country before it ever comes to Ohio, Brown worked with Republicans to get the Fend Off Fentanyl Act. The legislation sanctions suppliers of fentanyl chemicals in China and the Mexican drug cartels that bring the deadly drug into the country. Now he is working to to make sure that law enforcement agencies have the tools they need to detect fentanyl while protecting their communities.

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