Send the money to the Katrina victims - NJ / JC shouldn't be given one cent until they can prove they have the 'top-end' management skills to reduce domestic crime first.
If they (cops and politicians) current reduce crime, how in the hell are they going to be able to counter 'terrorist' crime - they need to start with the basic's first, because any extra money will end up in people's pockets with no change to the situation.
Some times I wonder if our officials could coordinate and pay for a beer in a bar.

So the funds will be used to communicate there has been an incident, clean up the mess and treat the victims? What about prevention and damage limitation? As with most things (flooding, crime & safety, etc) the city and state focuses on mopping up. What a totally fuked-up way of dealing with things.

Terror grant for Hudson not enough, DeGise says

Friday, August 24, 2007
By KEN THORBOURNE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

Hudson County Executive Thomas DeGise yesterday blasted the county's $2 million allotment in federal homeland security grants - even though it's tops in the state.

"We're not happy about it," said DeGise. "The allocation to the state went up $6 million, but Hudson County is the only county to receive less than we did in the past. They've cut the county that has the highest risk."

Ticking off several high-risk terrorist targets, including the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, PATH train lines, and financial centers on the Jersey City waterfront, DeGise said the allotment was down $200,000 from last year.

"One of the reasons New Jersey received more money in the first place is because they used Hudson County as the poster boy for the targets terrorists are after," DeGise added. "We are going to kick up a fuss about it."

DeGise said he planned to enlist the help of U.S. Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, as well as various state legislators to try to garner more resources for the county.

Jack Burns, coordinator of the Hudson County Office of Emergency Management, said $450,000 of this year's grant would be used to buy "interoperability" equipment to put public safety workers on the same radio frequency - an issue brought to the fore after communications breakdowns on 9/11.

In addition, $650,000 will be used to purchase drugs to be distributed to hospitals in case of emergency, Burns said.

The state holds on to $300,000 of the $2 million grant to pay possible overtime costs for public safety workers, Burns said. The state as a whole saw a $6 million increase over last year, receiving a total of $19.3 million in federal funds.

"As we follow the governor's mandate to allocate grants where they will do the most good based on risk, the additional dollars we are getting this year will translate into additional equipment, programs and services that will better protect New Jerseyans and the state's critical facilities," said state Homeland Security Director Richard L. Ca?as.