MIDDLETOWN, R.I.—Middletown police are getting a $282,000 federal grant to help them upgrade their crime-fighting equipment and technology.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy is delivering the grant Monday to Police Chief Anthony Pesare at the Middleton Police Department.
Kennedy said the money was secured through his work on the Commerce Justice Science Subcommittee and will be used for the purchase of new state-of-the-art equipment.
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