USES OF THE FUND

* Help pay to hire additional Fitchburg Police Officers

* Help prevent future layoffs of Fitchburg Police Officers by supplementing shortfalls in the budget

* Help pay for equipment such as police vehicles, bulletproof vests, speed detection devices, crime-reducing technologies, etc.

* Help pay for crime prevention educational programs

* Help pay for overtime in order to properly police high crime neighborhoods in the City of Fitchburg

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