City Council
Public Safety & Criminal Justice Committee Hearing on Dockets #0320, #0476, and #0759
Agenda — 4 items
- 1 Public Safety & Criminal Justice Committee Hearing on Dockets #0320, #0476, and #0759
- 2 On the message and order, referred on February 11, 2026, Docket #0320, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Five Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($577,500.00) in the form of a grant, the FY25 Port Security Grant Program, awarded by United States Department of Homeland Security to be administered by the Police Department. The grant would fund the purchase of a new 31' LifeProof boat, the replacement of engines on the 31' Safeboat and 38' Safeboat, and finally, the re-collaring of the Kvichak patrol boat, and ice rescue training, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
- 3 Order for a series of hearings regarding all City of Boston grants administered by the Boston Police Department.
- 4 On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2026, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Ten Million Nine Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand One Hundred Forty Dollars and Seven Cents ($10,925,140.07) in the form of a grant, FY26 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program, awarded by United States Department of Homeland Security, passed through the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant would fund increasing BPD's ability to detect, identify, track and monitor unmanned aircraft systems within the City of Boston, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.