SUPPORT FOR FAYETTEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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House Bill 838 (Public) Filed Thursday, April 20, 2023
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE FAYETTEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO UPGRADE AND EXPAND ITS TRAINING FACILITIES AND TO CREATE AND OPERATE A PUBLIC SAFETY AND MENTAL HEALTH CO-RESPONDER UNIT PILOT PROGRAM.
Intro. by Charles Smith, Lucas, Wheatley, F. Jackson.
Status: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Apr 24 2023)

Bill History:

H 838

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 838 (2023-2024)
    Summary date: Apr 20 2023 - View Summary

    Appropriates $3 million for 2023-24 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety to be allocated as a grant to the Fayetteville Police Department to upgrade and expand its training facilities. Appropriates $1 million for 2023-24 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety to be allocated as a grant to the Fayetteville Police Department to create and operate a public safety and mental health co-responder unit pilot program. Specifies that the funds do not revert until June 30, 2025.

    Requires the Fayetteville Police Department to make an interim report by April 1, 2024, and a final report by April 1, 2025, to the specified NCGA committee on the use of funds appropriated in this act and on the progress of both the upgrade and expansion of its training facilities and the creation and operation of the pilot program.

    Effective July 1, 2023.

    Government, Public Safety and Emergency Management, State Agencies, Department of Public Safety, Health and Human Services, Mental Health
    APPROP, Cumberland
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