Maryland Distributes Over $6M In Grants To Criminal Intelligence Network, Heroin Coordinator Program

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced implicit $6 cardinal successful grants to enactment the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network (MCIN) and heroin coordinators Monday.

The MCIN is simply a transgression justness strategy made up of local, authorities and national instrumentality enforcement coalitions. It was formed successful 2017 to people gangs, drugs, firearms and quality trafficking, the Governor’s Office said.

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The Heroin Coordinator Program is simply a multi-agency concern made to conflict the heroin epidemic. The concern works to nexus overdose victims to cause trafficking organizations and supply resources to those struggling with addiction.

The awards incliude  include $4,908,696 for the 14 MCIN coalitions and $1,362,537 for heroin coordinators for a combined full of $6,271,233.

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“The enactment of our heroin coordinators and the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network are an integral portion of our broad strategy to collaborate crossed jurisdictions to dismantle transgression organizations, stay up of imaginable threats, notation individuals struggling with addiction to treatment, and to support our authorities and citizens safe,” said Governor Hogan. “This backing volition enactment a statewide effort to code the heroin and opioid nationalist wellness situation successful an integrated investigative manner, and to halt transgression organizations from bringing amerciable guns and drugs into our communities.”

The breakdown of grant distributions tin beryllium recovered below:

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Location

MCIN Award Heroin Coordinator Award
Statewide   $581,920*
Allegany County $280,223  
Annapolis City 137,047  
Anne Arundel County $500,045 $78,370
Baltimore City $821,785 $83,000
Baltimore County $515,357 $34,192
Calvert County   $52,562
Carroll County $386,459  
Cecil County/MSP $188,941 $59,361
Charles County   $64,338
Dorchester County $131,300 $48,700
Frederick City $274,462 $41,739
Harford County $329,862  
Howard County   $74,257
Montgomery County $319,452 $45,000
Prince George’s County $507,488  
St. Mary’s County   $57,912
Talbot County   $44,000
Washington County $266,196  
Wicomico County $250,079 $46,571
Worcester County   $50,615
Total Awards $4,908,696.00 $1,362,537.00

CBS Baltimore Staff

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