By Sean I. Mills
The Rome Sentinel
ROME, N.Y. — City police will now be able to take a bigger bite out of crime thanks to an $80,000 grant from State Senator Joseph A. Griffo to train their new police K-9 and equip him with a new patrol SUV.
His human handler will do the driving.
The grant money has also been earmarked for a new license plate reader and to send three officers through specialized domestic violence training. Griffo, a former mayor of Rome, returned to City Hall this morning to announce the grant.
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