8000-0313 Local Public Safety Projects and Grants Earmarks

For local public safety projects and grant programs; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Shrewsbury for public safety improvements, including the purchase of 40 police-worn body cameras; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for mental and behavioral health training and clinical consultation to support police department personnel in the city of Malden; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the town of Pembroke for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for building code upgrades to the fire alarm and security system at the public safety building in the town of Rehoboth; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for assisting with the creation of a diversity, equity and inclusion task force in the town of Wellesley; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a public safety grant in the town of Topsfield; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a public safety grant in the town of Rowley; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a public safety grant in the town of Wenham; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a public safety grant in the town of Ipswich; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the police department of the city of Lynn for its behavioral health unit; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the Dismas House of Massachusetts, Inc. in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $22,500 shall be expended for public safety radio communication improvements in the town of Sudbury; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the construction of a fiber optic network in the town of Middleton to connect the fire, police and other municipal buildings and enable to the town to join a regional IT collaborative; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for public health and safety improvements in the town of Grafton; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for public health and safety improvements in the town of Northbridge; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public health and safety improvements in the town of Upton, including for the development of an unmanned aircraft system program and for the purchase of traffic enforcement equipment; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Everett police department for communications upgrades; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town of Middleborough for the police department to implement measures intended to build positive relationships with the community, including the purchasing of body cameras for officers; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Braintree for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Holbrook for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Randolph for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the police department in the town of Brookfield; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the police department in the town of Oakham; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the town of Tewksbury for services provided by the police department to the Tewksbury state hospital; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for emergency roadway repairs in the town of Acushnet; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the procurement and implementation of a body camera program in city of Marlborough's police department; provided further, that not less than $38,404 shall be expended for the continued implementation of a body camera program in the town of Westborough's police department; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the procurement and implementation of a body camera program in the town of Northborough's police department; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, Inc. to provide mental health, wellness and suicide prevention services to emergency service providers in northeastern Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Watertown for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the Woburn police department to modernize its emergency equipment; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the New Bedford police department to support the Greater New Bedford Opioid Task Force; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Winchester police department to modernize its emergency communications equipment; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Boylston for hosting a municipal police training academy; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purchase of a new police and/or fire department equipment in the town of Dracut; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for Roca, Inc. to provide a youth worker in the city of Everett; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for improving pedestrian safety along the state highway route 139 corridor through the use of enhanced crosswalks, rectangular rapid flashing beacons or HAWK signals, sidewalk improvements and other necessary pedestrian safety measures in the town of Hanover; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to provide law enforcement agencies with access to critical incident stress management and peer support programs to address police officer mental wellness and suicide prevention as required by section 118 of chapter 253 of the acts of 2020; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a training simulator for the police department in the city of Beverly; provided further, that not less than $59,800 shall be expended to the police department in the city of Westfield to purchase an officer training system for de-escalation training; provided further, that not less than $89,950 shall be expended to the police department in the town of Saugus to acquire portable radios; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the town of Wilmington to study, survey, engineer and install a traffic control signal at the public safety building for the safe entry and exit of responding emergency vehicles; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for costs associated with the public safety building in the town of Middleton; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for public safety upgrades for the police department in the town of East Bridgewater; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the fire department in the town of Leicester for the purchase of extrication tools; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for police and fire department radio upgrades in the town of Northbridge; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the police department in the city of Worcester for public safety improvements, including the purchase of an explosive ordnance disposal canine, or EOD K-9, a canine vehicle and de-escalation equipment; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public health and safety improvements in the town of Auburn, including for the purchase of 2 electric vehicles to support public health and building inspection and enforcement efforts; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the purchase of an emergency generator for fire station #3 in the town of Millbury; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for safety improvements to the police department in the town of Leicester; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city of Springfield for C3 police management in low-income and downtown neighborhoods to facilitate community involvement; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to MORE: Mothers Overlooked, Reaching out for Empowerment in the city of Springfield to operate gun violence prevention programs, support programs for families of homicide victims and missing persons and community outreach programs; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to The Mission, Inc. in the city of Springfield to support gang prevention and intervention services; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the town of Uxbridge for emergency dispatch center capital improvements; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Southbridge for heating, ventilation and air conditioning system improvements at the town's public safety facility; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to implement safety upgrades in Westford public schools and the town of Westford as recommended by the town and school safety task force; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Franklin regional council of governments for grants to municipalities for costs associated with the implementation of police reform under chapter 253 of the acts of 2020 or other crisis response efforts and programs; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the state police Troop H dedicated to patrols at state parks and beaches in the Dorchester, Mattapan and Hyde Park sections of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police force for dedicated patrols at red line stations south of South Station in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended to the Boston police department for the purpose of gun violence prevention by the youth violence strike force in collaboration with nonprofit, community-based and faith-based organizations, for dedicated outreach patrols and operational support for the street outreach unit in the area of Massachusetts avenue and Melnea Cass boulevard and for community policing at parks, open spaces and main streets in Areas C-6, C-11, B-3 and E-18 in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be provided for ADA-compliant curb cuts between the Dr. Frederick N. Sweetsir School and Helen R. Donaghue School in the town of Merrimac; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for a grant program to be administered by the executive office of public safety and security for municipalities to purchase automated external defibrillators for public safety and first responder vehicles; provided further, that not later than March 1, 2022, the secretary of public safety and security shall submit a report to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate and the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a list of the municipalities receiving grant funds; and (ii) the amount of grant funds distributed to each municipality; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no funds shall be transferred from this item to any other item of appropriation; and provided further, that funds shall be expended fully and on a schedule consistent with the provisions of section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws