Biden Talks Jobs Bill at Alexandria Police Headquarters
Police department recognized for receiving Department of Justice grant worth more than $850,000.
Vice President Joe Biden made a visit to the yet-to-be-opened new Alexandria Police Department headquarters on Wheeler Avenue Thursday to discuss President Obama’s jobs bill and what it could do for public safety workers. The police department was also recognized for receiving a grant from the Department of Justice totaling more than $850,000 to go toward hiring four new officers. “You got it because you deserved it and you need it,” Biden told a crowd comprised mostly of law enforcement and city officials. “You received this grant so you can begin to make good on the cuts that have been made to the state and county.” Alexandria Police Chief Earl Cook said the department has had to make cuts in recent years to its domestic violence unit …
Drew Hansen
1:00 pm on Friday, September 30, 2011
For what it's worth, Councilwoman Hughes did endorse George Allen for U.S. Senate today. Here is her statement: “The years of out of control spending in Washington have to stop. We need smaller government, not more regulations. We need to grow jobs, not deficits. We need stronger national and regional competitiveness to create jobs, not suppression of the free market. George Allen gets this and … more ›