City Council to vote on accepting $3.4M Homeland Security grant

CHARLOTTE — The city of Charlotte is getting money to help during emergencies.

City Council is expected to vote Monday night to accept $3.4 million from the United States Department of Homeland Security.

The city said the money will be used for training for large-scale emergencies, intelligence-sharing initiatives and equipment, incident command training, funding for training and exercise, and homeland security emergency management coordination.

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