ST. LOUIS — Union officials and some St. Louis aldermen complained Tuesday about their lack of input into the city’s plan to combine the city police, fire and EMS 911 call centers this fall.
City of New Haven seeking to spend $850000 of American Rescue Plan funds on police data centers (CT)
The City of New Haven, Connecticut, is considering spending more than $800,000 of Federal Emergency funding on data center projects for the local Police Department.
The American Rescue Plan (ARP) promises to distribute more than $360 billion in emergency funding for state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to help them recover from Covid-19.
Post-pandemic reset program
The city of New Haven received more than $90 million in ARP funds. The New Haven Independent reports the City has used ARP money to fuel a $6 million summer reset program and is reserving $8 million for a new Department of Community Resilience which will look to tackle issues such as homelessness, mental health disorders, drug addiction, and prison reentry…

