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County Sheri ’s O ce to add body cameras The Tarrant County Commissioners Court unan- imously voted in favor of adding body cameras to Tarrant County detention o cers and for the Sheri ’s O ce to seek a third party to review its policies in detail. Commissioners voted 4-0 for the Sheri ’s O ce to move forward with the policy adaptations during their Sept. 3 meeting. Zooming in The sheri ’s chief of sta , Jennifer Gabbert, told commissioners both of these proposals have been in the works for months or years and that the Sher- i ’s O ce wants the third-party consulting rm to be used as a resource for both new and existing policies and standard operating procedures. The work from previous proposals will be used as a framework so e orts aren’t wasted, Gabbert said. “We’re hoping with this new court that’s
Grapevine OKs $20M water facility updates An amended contract with Freese and Nichols Inc. was approved by Grapevine City Council on Aug. 20 for work for water treat- ment and a wastewater treatment facility. The proposed plan calls for $20 million in updates, the rst at the facility since 1989, according to city documents. A maximum price contract could go to council in the spring of 2025. One of the changes is to split the facility into an upper administration building and a lower garage and workshop, otherwise, the original layout could have had construction delays. This change will save $600,000, according to city documents. The total cost for both changes is $108,448 with a 10% contingency that brings the cost to $119,292. Enterprise Fund will supply the funds, according to city documents.
The Tarrant County Commissioners Court all voted in favor of adding body cameras to detention o cers.
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interested in going out of the previous comfort zones, that some of this would come to fruition for us,” she said during the meeting. What’s next A timeline for these initiatives was not laid out by the Commissioners Court. “The Court voted to support the Sheri ’s O ce in pursuing these long-awaited projects and we look forward to implementing them in the near future,” the Sheri ’s O ce wrote in a statement.
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