City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 210293

• File #: 210293
• Version: 1
• Type: Order
• Status: Approved
• File created: 6/11/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/11/2020
• Final action: 9/10/2020
• Enactment date: 6/11/2020
• Enactment #: 210293
• Title: That the Chief of Police verify whether the Marshall Project website's report that the Police Department received 26 5.56 millimeter rifles worth $4,257 from the federal government is accurate, whether those rifles are currently in the Department's possession, and what their purpose and potential use is.
• Sponsors: Mark Niedergang, Katjana Ballantyne

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/10/2020	4	City Council	Work completed
9/8/2020	3	Finance	Work completed
6/11/2020	2	City Council	Approved

  Agenda Text

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That the Chief of Police verify whether the Marshall Project website's report that the Police Department received 26 5.56 millimeter rifles worth $4,257 from the federal government is accurate, whether those rifles are currently in the Department's possession, and what their purpose and potential use is.

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Official Text

That the Chief of Police verify whether information on the Marshall Project website (a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, which uses the Defense Logistics Agency website as a data source) reporting that the SPD received 26 5.56 millimeter rifles worth $4,257 from the federal government is accurate, whether those rifles are currently in the SPD’s possession, and what their purpose and potential use is.

(See <https://www.themarshallproject.org/mp-graphics/201412-dod/embed.html>)