{"id":438,"date":"2009-07-17T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/?p=438"},"modified":"2009-07-17T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T17:53:00","slug":"lowell-chief-blasts-lenient-license-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"Lowell chief blasts ‘lenient’ License Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>Not this specific subject; but excellent news for Lowell.<\/span><\/p>\n

Federal grant will provide 12 police officers in Lowell<\/span><\/strong>
Lowell Police will receive more than $2 million from the federal government to hire 12 police officers.
The money is part of a $1 billion program that will provide money to hire 131 officers across the state, and nearly 5,000 nationally, Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder said in a release.
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) will oversee the program. Federal officials said only 1 in 7 grant applications was approved.
To accept the grant, Lowell must agree to hire the officers for four years. The grant will pay only for the first three years.
For more on this story, see Wednesday’s Sun and watch http:\/\/www.lowellsun.com\/<\/a>.
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Just got this from SUN on-line:
http:\/\/www.lowellsun.com\/ci_12858253<\/a><\/p>\n

“People visiting the city don’t want to see drunken hooligans,” Lavallee said. “They want an environment that is safe and secure. The downtown economy is better served by folks following the letter of the law.”<\/p>\n

YEAH!!! You go Chief!<\/strong>
I’ll throw in my 2 cents… read the article and notice all the bars the Chief DOES NOT mention. Chief Lavallee has really done an outstanding job of fostering communication with “drinking establishments” downtown and there are only a few (they are all fairly “new” to the neighborhood) that have no regard for the problems their patrons create when they walk out the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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