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Gwinnett police get state emergency services grants
Dec 19, 2012
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency has awarded two grants to support the Gwinnett County police department.
One grant, for $190,766, will pay to upgrade robots used by the department’s hazardous devices unit. The unit also will get $3,500 for its K-9 explosives detection team.
The money comes from federal homeland security funds.
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David Wickert writes about the state budget, finance and voting issues. Previously, he covered local government and politics in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.
