Grant will aid city police dept.

A homeland security grant to benefit the Green River Police Department was approved by the City Council last night.

The grant totals $45,954 and will not require any funds from the city and is fully reimbursable. The grant will be used to fund new secure proximity card-reader doors for city hall and the police department, as well as security cameras for the police department and parks and recreation department.

“We sat down and thought, what are our needs,” Lt. Burke Morin said.

Morin said the new security cameras will help the GRPD in a number of ways.

“There are several places in...