Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Agencies to receive bulletproof vests

The Newton County Sheriff's Department, and police departments in Joplin, Neosho, Monett, Sarcoxie, Webb City, and Lamar, will have half of the costs of new bulletproof vests provided by the U. S. Department of Justice, under the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program, according to a news release issued today by Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt.
The dollar amounts and the vests they will pay for are listed below:
Newton County Sheriff's Department, 25 vests, $7,475.25; Monett 11 vests, $2,745; Neosho, six vests, $900; Sarcoxie, 3 vests, $900; Webb City, 10 vests, $2,800; Lamar, four vests, $1,250.

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