November 14, 2024 - New Castle, PA

ADVISORY - Lt. Gov. Austin Davis Visits New Castle to Highlight Funding to Support Local Law Enforcement, Hire More Officers

Lt. Gov. Austin Davis stopped by the New Castle Police Department to announce that the Shapiro-Davis Administration has provided local law enforcement agencies with $3.04 million in grants to help them attract high-quality recruits and fill 692 vacant positions across the Commonwealth.

"When we first ran for office, Governor Shapiro and I promised to ensure that our police are well-staffed and well-funded, and we're delivering on that promise," said Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, who serves as chair of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). "In our first two state budgets, we secured funding for 800 new state trooper cadets, and we've awarded grants to 108 local police departments to help them recruit and train 692 new officers. In addition, we're taking a comprehensive approach to making our communities safer, investing more into community-based programs to reduce violence, doubling our investment in the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, creating a new statewide initiative to provide more afterschool learning opportunities and safe spaces for young people, increasing funding for domestic violence services and staffing up a statewide office of gun violence prevention."

Davis joined New Castle City Administrator Chris Frye and Police Chief David Cumo at a news conference to highlight a new $35,000 grant that PCCD awarded to the city police department to recruit and train seven new officers.

Speakers Include:
New Castle City Administrator Chris Frye
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis
State Rep. Marla Brown
Lawrence County Commissioner Dan Vogler
New Castle Police Chief David Cumo

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