EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY. Office of the Secretary.
8000-0038.. For the operation of a witness protection program under chapter 263A of the General Laws...................................... $250,000 8000-0070.. For the research and analysis of the committee on criminal justice; provided, that funds may be expended to support the work of the sentencing commission.................................... $129,300 8000-0202.. For the purchase and distribution of sexual assault evidence collection kits........................................... $86,012 8000-0600.. For the office of the secretary, including the highway safety bureau, to provide matching funds for a federal planning and administration grant under 23 U.S.C. § 402 and the costs associated with the implementation of chapter 228 of the acts of 2000; provided, that local police departments, sheriffs’ offices, the department of state police, the department of correction and other state agencies, authorities and educational institutions with law enforcement functions as determined by the secretary that receive funds for the cost of the replacement of bulletproof vests through the office of the secretary may expend without further appropriation these funds to purchase additional vests in the fiscal year in which they receive the reimbursements; provided further, that the office of the secretary shall conduct or solicit proposals for a university or nonprofit to conduct an analysis of firearms trace data collected under section 131Q of chapter 140 of the General Laws and non-identifying gun sales transaction data held by the firearms records bureau; provided further, that the analysis shall determine: (i) the effectiveness of current reporting mechanisms for lost and stolen guns, including by identifying the number of guns traced to crime that were determined to have been lost or stolen and, of these, how many were reported lost or stolen prior to their use in the commission of a crime; and (ii) firearm purchase and sales patterns as they relate to firearms traced to crime, including an analysis of the number of guns traced to a crime that were originally purchased from each licensed gun dealer in the commonwealth or purchased through a secondary private seller; provided further, that the results of the analysis shall be compiled and reported to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on public safety and the colonel of the state police not later than February 1, 2018; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Sudbury; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Pembroke; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Waltham; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Watertown; provided, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for ShotSpotter technology in Pittsfield; provided further, that not less than $68,000 shall be expended for Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. in Springfield for community mediation services in Hampden County; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Dudley; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to police department’s behavioral health unit in Lynn; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the police department in the town of Eastham to be used in conjunction with the towns of Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown to address the traffic safety issues on United State highway route 6 from the rotary in the town of Orleans to the town of Provincetown from May 26 to October 9; provided further, that not less than $129,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Needham; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the replacement of the Richardson Street Broadcast Tower for the town of Uxbridge; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the police and fire departments in Littleton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Grafton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Fitchburg; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Southborough; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Braintree; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a mobile command center in Dartmouth; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Black Men of Greater Springfield, Inc. to implement the W.E.B DuBois Academy Saturday School, W.E.B DuBois Academy Summer Camping Program, and the unity grants program in Springfield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the planning, development and design of a public safety building in the town of Ashland; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to the town of Dover to modernize Emergency Operations Management established pursuant to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Comprehensive Emergency Operations Plan; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a nonprofit security grant pilot program to provide support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of terrorist attack and are ineligible for the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program based on their location; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the repair and construction of a bridge to allow handicapped access and for the installation of a fish ladder at Herring Run park in the town of Pembroke; provided further, that not less than $27,000 shall be expended to the town of Upton for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $54,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements for the Millbury public school district; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the city of Worcester for public safety operations; provided further, that not less than $9,000 shall be expended to the town of Northbridge for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the town of Auburn for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a feasibility and design study for a new public safety building in the town of Mendon; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the police department in the town of Townsend for new radio systems; provided further, that $60,000 shall be expended for an emergency generator in the town of Southampton; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for repairs and improvements to the public works complex in the town of Tolland; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Dracut for communications tower replacement for Marsh Hill........ $4,415,464 8000-1001.. For the Boston Regional Intelligence Center, or BRIC, to upgrade, expand and integrate technology and protocols related to antiterrorism, anticrime, anti-gang and emergency response; provided, that intelligence developed shall be shared with the BRIC communities and other state, municipal and federal agencies as necessary; and provided further, that the BRIC shall provide technology required to access the intelligence with its municipal partners, the department of state police, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Massachusetts Port Authority and appropriate federal agencies to assure maximum interagency collaboration for public safety and homeland security........................................ $850,000 8000-1700.. For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of public safety and security........ $16,682,639 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. 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