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The Lima Fraternal Order of Eagles made a generous donation Monday Evening to the Marion Township Police Department. At the Marion Township Board of Trustees meeting in Allen County, James Fair with Lima Eagles 370 presented a $3,000 check to the Marion Township Chief of Police. The donated funds will assist the police department with updating their radio system to the new MARCS system and help fund any other miscellaneous business, which are things Fair believes will benefit the area.

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Ohio announced another round of funding for law enforcement to get or make upgrades to body camera systems.  Findlay got $91,926.81 to help start their program.   The Lima Police Department got o$107,184.00 to add to the system that they are currently using.   The New Bremen Police Department got $24,125.00 to upgrade their body cameras and the Putnam County Sheriff’s office got $77,636.20 to make improvements to their system.  A total $4.9 million was awarded to 112 law enforcement agencies statewide from Ohio’s Body Worn Camera Grant Program.