Mayor announces $167,478 grant to improve emergency communications

BATON ROUGE – Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced Tuesday that Baton Rouge received a $167,478 grant from GHOSEP to enhance emergency communications across the parish.The money will be used to improve communication between emergency centers and municipalities, including Baton Rouge, Baker, Central and Zachary.Broome's office says 75 percent of the State Homeland Security Grant Program is allocated for public safety initiatives. Each city's portion can be used to buy