On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2026, Docket #0750, approving an order authorizing a limit for the Boston Police Department revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2027 to support the Canine Unit’s training programs for officers and police dogs from non-City of Boston law enforcement agencies. The Special Operations Division will charge tuition and other fees to outside law enforcement agencies for training with the Canine Unit. The tuition and other fees paid by outside agencies will be used to purchase training equipment, certify instructors, update facilities and provide funds for other training needs not otherwise budgeted. The Special Operations Division will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund and such expenditures shall be capped at One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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Amount

$100K

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Type

purchase

Field

Public safety

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Committee

Committee on Ways and Means

Introduced

April 2, 2026

On agenda

June 10, 2026

Passed

June 10, 2026

Where it was heard

City Council Jun 10, 2026 The report was accepted; the order was passed. City Council May 7, 2026 City Council Apr 8, 2026 Referred to

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