The Frisco Police Department is putting together a Tourism and Hot Spot Policing Unit, and a $25,000 grant from the governor's office would pay for the unit's first gear: electric bikes, helmets and thermal monoculars.
The City Council is set to accept the award Tuesday, Nov. 3, as item 20 on its consent agenda. Consent items can be approved together in a single motion, and a majority of the council has to agree before one is pulled for separate discussion.
What the grant covers
The money comes through the Project Safe Neighborhoods grant program. According to a memo from police grants coordinator Lacey Troster, the funding will give the unit "deployment equipment including electric bikes, helmets, and thermal monoculars," and will be used to start buying the required equipment.
The Statement of Grant Award, dated Oct. 21, sets a grant period of Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2027. The grant is reimbursable, meaning the city spends first and is paid back, and it requires no local match. Any costs to keep the equipment going after that will fall to the city and the police department, the memo says.
The memo describes the program as paid for with appropriated federal funds. The award document itself lists the money as state funds, passed through the governor's Criminal Justice Division.
Neither document says how many officers will be assigned to the new unit, where it will work or when it will start.
Also on the consent agenda
The same consent list includes a resolution nominating Careington International Corp. for designation as a Texas Enterprise Project.
