Metro 911 center awarded $211,000 in grant funding

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The Metro Emergency Operations Center's new facility underconstruction near Southridge Center will be better equipped becauseof a $211,155 homeland security grant.

"What that means is we're going to do security enhancements,cameras and things we wouldn't be able to afford to do otherwise,"Kanawha County Commissioner Kent Carper said.

Carper gives Charleston Mayor Danny Jones credit for getting thegrant. Jones gives credit to Carper and Mark Wolford, the city'semergency services director.

"It's just another example of us working together," Jones said.

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