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December 21, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n U.S. Virgin Islands-<\/strong> The Office of Disaster Recovery announces the award of $17,451,154 from the FEMA Public Assistance Program to reimburse the V.I. Police Department for emergency work performed territory-wide after Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. \u201cThese awards are a result of over two years of effort by multiple entities to provide the necessary documentation to substantiate the Territory\u2019s request for funding,\u201d said Director Adrienne L. Williams- Octalien. \u201cThis funding is necessary to replenish sources that were used to cover these costs upfront.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe men and women of the Virgin Islands Police Department who stepped up to help and care for their fellow citizens during a time of real need deserve continued recognition. The FEMA team is very proud to play a role in awarding these grants and helping the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands take another step on the road to recovery for the U.S. Virgin Islands,\u201d said FEMA Acting Recovery Director John Covell.<\/p>\n Over $6M was obligated to St. Thomas, almost $10M to St. Croix and over $1M to St. John to cover the cost of staffing, equipment, and materials.<\/p>\n \u201cWith this reimbursement, the men and women of the Virgin Islands Police Department can continue its business of protecting and serving our community,\u201d said VIPD Commissioner Trevor Velinor. \u201cWe are grateful for this resource and will continue to protect and serve.\u201d<\/p>\n The Office of Disaster Recovery and FEMA will continue to monitor the progress of the recovery to ensure the timely delivery of eligible assistance and compliance with federal laws and regulations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Office of Disaster Recovery <\/strong> Pictured: VIPD Officer in Havensight after Hurricane Irma in 2017 –\u00a0 Photo from FEMA USVI December 21, 2020 VIPD Receives $17.4M for Overtime and Emergency Work Executed in the Wake of the 2017 Hurricanes U.S. Virgin Islands- The Office of Disaster Recovery announces the award of $17,451,154 from the FEMA Public Assistance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"project_id":"","notification":"","due_date":"","status":"","show_rebuild":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,156,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases","category-viodr-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18928,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514\/revisions\/18928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}VIPD Receives $17.4M for Overtime and Emergency Work Executed in the Wake of the 2017 Hurricanes<\/h1>\n
\nAfter the storms, the VIPD worked tirelessly to protect public health. Officers led patrols and participated in search and rescue, conducted traffic and crowd control, and monitored curfews in an effort to reduce immediate threats to life, public health, security, and safety.<\/p>\n
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