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ATTACHMENT #2 7.A. - Page 5 <br />CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING <br />CITIZENS OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY <br />(COPS) FUNDS <br />NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Redwood City will hold a public <br />hearing on the expenditure of up to $125,578 in state grant funds. These funds <br />were awarded through the Citizens Option for Public Safety (COPS) program. <br />The funds must be used for front line law enforcement services; including <br />personnel, equipment, and programs necessary to meet police service needs <br />within Redwood City. The City Council will consider written requests submitted by <br />the Police Chief for the expenditure of funds received. <br />It is the Police Chief's recommendation that this grant funding be allocated for the <br />purchase of police equipment (including handgun lights and holsters, portable <br />audio surveillance equipment, mobile fingerprint readers, portable robbery and <br />burglary alarms, technological equipment, and police tactical equipment) and <br />police training. <br />You are invited to comment on the proposed expenditure at a public hearing to <br />be held on the 19 day of March, 2012, beginning at 7:00 p.m. or soon <br />thereafter, at City Hall, 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City California. <br />Testimony must either be given in person at the time of the public hearing or <br />received, in writing, by the Police Department prior to the date of the hearing. <br />Testimony cannot be given over the phone. <br />If you have any questions, please contact Sergeant Steve Blanc by telephone at <br />(650) 780 -7143. <br />