The Boston City Council is set to decide on June 10 whether or not to approve the $414 million allocated to Boston Police Department (BPD) in the city’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The grants the City Council discussed last week represent a tiny fraction of the police department’s approximately $414 million budget, which includes $60 million in overtime spending.
Boston Police Department project coordinator DeMon Bills said at the hearing that these grant funds “support the city of Boston’s comprehensive strategy aimed at reducing gun, gang and youth violence in the city by providing services and intervention to at-risk and gang affiliated youth.”
Ahmad also questioned what portion of the city budget for the BPD goes to BRIC.
“I really wonder how many cameras we have around this city that feed back to federal law enforcement without any of us knowing, because there is no clear separation between BPD and BRIC,” said Ahmad.
