The grant, worth $23,500, is among more than $330,000 of anti-terrorism money the city has received through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security since 2004.

The Board of Aldermen will vote to accept the grant at its Thursday meeting.

Frederick Police Department Chief Kim Dine said the department reorganized three years ago it needs to better obtain and manage federal and state grant money.

"We try very hard to be aggressive attaining grants of any kind," he said. "I'm also a strong believer in acquiring equipment that best serves our citizens."

Dine said tools such as cameras aid in daily police work -- something "inextricably linked" with combating terrorism.

The department already has five cars equipped with older, tape-format video cameras and one with a digital system. There are 60 marked vehicles in the police fleet.

Police want the new camera systems to give officers the ability to download footage directly to a secure server, access video between patrol vehicles through in-car computer and allow for live feeds.

Dine said the cameras, estimated to cost between $4,000 and $5,000 each, will enhance officer safety and capture evidence.

"They of course help resolve complaints regarding officers," Dine said.

Sgt. Dennis Dudley, the police department's grant supervisor, said DHS anti-terrorism funding for local police trickles down through Frederick County.

Other federal law enforcement grants, including more than $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice, go directly to the city because its population density and crime rate is higher than the county's.

The Law Enforcement Terrorist Prevention Program brought in the largest amount of grant money to Frederick police during the past three years.

In 2007, Frederick County was awarded $289,506 in LETPP money from the Department of Homeland Security. The city received $90,802 of the county's funding.

The state distributes LETPP funding to counties. In 2007, Maryland received $8.43 million of local anti-terrorism money from the federal government.

In the past three years, the Frederick Police Department has received nearly $700,000 of federal and state money.

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