NY grants $2.6M to 9 LI police departments for gun crime prevention

New York State officials have awarded $2.6 million in grants to nine law enforcement agencies on Long Island to help fund continuing efforts to reduce gun-related crime in the region.

These funds will allow agencies to hire more personnel, give academies more equipment, pay for overtime and enhance training as a part of the Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative, officials said.