Originally Posted by
ST911
Bumping this thread. OP- What progress have you made? What did your state/local EM and homeland security folks tell you?
Well, we've established that the Chief really doesn't seem to want me to do this but won't outright tell me no. So, like the stubborn fool I am, I'm taking that as a yes. I have 1 sergeant onboard, so that's something.
My only limitation is that we can't use any grants or funding that requires much recordkeeping... which most federal grants do.
I have feelers out to the state AG, our county DA and state and county emergency management/ homeland security. I work graves so it's difficult to connect during my work week. I've decided to put some of my own time into it and today is my Friday so we'll see what happened over the next few days.
ETA: The biggest problem seems to be is we want so little. To outfit everybody AND get the training equipment will be about $1400. Nobody wants to jump thru hoops for that little. It almost seems if I needed $14,000 this would be easier.
Last edited by tanksoldier; 03-31-22 at 05:14.
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