Cabell County Law Enforcement Recovery Programs Awarded $34 Million
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Huntington Police Chief Karl Colder speaks during a news conference regarding the awarding of more than $3.4 million in federal grants on Thursday at the Huntington Police Department.
Jason Chute, DNA technical leader at the Marshall University Forensic Science Center, speaks during a news conference regarding the awarding of more than $3.4 million in federal grants on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at the Huntington Police Department.
- Ryan Fischer | The Herald-Dispatch
U.S. Attorney Will Thompson introduces the grant recipients during a news conference regarding the awarding of more than $3.4 million in federal grants on Thursday at the Huntington Police Department.
- Ryan Fischer | The Herald-Dispatch
Reggie Jones, executive director of Recovery Point West Virginia, speaks during a news conference regarding the awarding of more than $3.4 million in federal grants on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at the Huntington Police Department.
- Ryan Fischer | The Herald-Dispatch
Chief Deputy Doug Adams speaks during a news conference regarding the awarding of more than $3.4 million in federal grants on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at the Huntington Police Department.
- Ryan Fischer | The Herald-Dispatch
- Ryan Fischer | The Herald-Dispatch
- Ryan Fischer | The Herald-Dispatch
- Ryan Fischer | The Herald-Dispatch
$34 Million Geared To Help Law Enforcement And Social Services
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – U.S. Attorney Will Thompson announced a slew of grants awarded to several organizations based in Cabell County. All of the grants total about $3.4 million.
The grants pump federal dollars into the system to help law enforcement do their jobs better, including drug prevention and addition recovery efforts.
Huntington Police Chief Karl Colder spoke with WSAZ about how all of the grants awarded will not only help the individual agency but others, too.
Even our social services partners received grants for prevention that helps us we can send our community outreach officer with them, Colder said.
One grant HPD received allows the department to purchase a database to track shell casings from violent crimes and shootings.
So, if one were to shoot an individual or an area, we can take those casings place them in the system, and it would identify the weapon and trace it or track it to other crimes, Colder said.
Currently, Colder said that evidence cannot be analyzed in their department which lengthens investigations. The database is called the NIBIN program.
We now have to take all these casings to drive them to Charleston or another location, Colder said.
Cabell County Sheriff Zerkle said during the meeting that deputies respond to about 800 mental hygiene calls per year.
When you look at what Marshall University received in terms of forensics and genetics, that is going to help us as a law enforcement agency, Colder said.
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