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$10,000 grant to help pay for drug-fighting equipment
By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times,
published June 10, 2001
ST. PETE BEACH -- The police department will purchase night-vision and surveillance equipment with a criminal justice grant awarded through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
St. Pete Beach police Chief Ray Kaminskas said the equipment will benefit the city's drug interdiction program. The night-vision equipment will help investigators see in subdued lighting, and heat-sensitive equipment will help them determine whether someone is inside a building.
The state grant is for $10,000. The city's drug forfeiture fund will pay the remaining $1,134.45 to cover the costs of the equipment.
"Drug dealers are paying for all this," Kaminskas said.
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