GRPD receives grant funds

An agreement signed by Mayor Pete Rust March 17 will bring more than $100,000 to the city’s police department.

The agreement continues a long-standing partnership between the Green River Police Department and the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation. The agreement brings $100,610 to the department’s efforts in combatting narcotics trafficking in the community.

The funds are part of a larger grant awarded to DCI through the Department of Justice’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area initiative.

Funds awarded to GRPD are used to pay the salary, overtime and benefits for a task...