Lincoln, Pryor, and Snyder Announce $450,000 Grant to Fight Meth in Little Rock

[The Straight Story]

September 17, 2007
Press Release

Lincoln, Pryor, and Snyder Announce $450,000 Grant to Fight Meth in Little Rock

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor along with Representative Vic Snyder today announced the Little Rock Police Department (LRPD) will receive $450,000 in a law enforcement grant through the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Methamphetamine Initiative.
The grant will allow the LRPD to collaborate with local and federal agencies on officer training, meth-lab takedowns, safe clean up of meth-production sites, and the relocation of children rescued from raided households. The LRPD received the highest level of funding possible for a COPS Methamphetamine Initiative grant.

“It is essential that local law enforcement officials have the resources they need to fight the meth epidemic,” Lincoln said. “These federal dollars will help the Little Rock Police Department protect local families from this deadly drug that is a threat to our communities.”

“Meth addiction destroys lives and families in Arkansas and across the nation,” said Pryor. “We must provide local law enforcement with the very best training and resources to eliminate its production, use and threat to the larger community.”

“I am pleased to see the Little Rock Police Departments receive this much-needed assistance,” Congressman Snyder said. “Central Arkansas has been significantly impacted by the proliferation of methamphetamine labs, and these funds will help law enforcement respond better to the problem.”

COPS has awarded $355 million nationwide in the fight against methamphetamine. In addition to funding anti-meth projects, COPS supports innovative local community policing initiatives, funds the purchase of crime-fighting technology, provides training and technical assistance resources, and funds the hiring of local law enforcement officers. To learn more about these grants, visit www.cops.usdoj.gov.

http://pryor.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=283502&

[liberal renegade]

1. $$$$$$$$$$$$ won't get rid of the crankensteins...

[NMDemDist2]

2. big ass Little Rock get 450K? hell, lil old Lea County got 100K

and they've only got about 55,000 people and Carlsbad is 25,000 people. Little Rock is 184,000

our Steve Pearce must be a better oil whore than Lincoln/Pryor :rofl:

they are throwing some bones trying to save the seats I guess

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Congressman Steve Pearce announced two grant awards that will be used for combating methamphetamines in the Second District. Rep. Pearce has secured $100,000 for both The Carlsbad Anti-Drug/Gang Coalition and the Lea County Anti-Drug Coalition to maintain drug prevention outreach and education in their communities.

“Meth is scourge that is rapidly infecting our neighborhoods and around the country,” said Rep. Pearce. “The problem is particularly dangerous in our area and this funding will help us continue to fight for the future of our young people.”

To date, Pearce has secured well over $1,000,000 in federal funding for meth prevention, education, and treatment efforts. Coming from the Drug Free Communities Support Program, the grants represent the maximum amount given out by the program to any one location.

http://pearce.house.gov/newscenter/2007-08-13-Pearce-Meth-Grants.html

[The Vinyl Ripper]

3. Meth wouldn't *be* a problem without the drug war..

Just like in Prohibition, when people switched from wine and beer to rotgut bathtub gin and even worse.

Prohibition inevitably drives out the less potent form of drugs and welcomes the more potent.

Meth is easy to make and far easier to hide than an equivalent value of pot, so people move to meth because they can get it.