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Subject: 2010 budget Author: 2010 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 18:18:25 01/27/10 Wed Public Safety and Security •Unifies parole and probation under the Executive Branch to create a seamless continuum of community supervision, decrease criminal activity and victimization and reverse the extraordinary escalation of costs associated with duplication of services. •Establishes a new funding mechanism for police training programs: an automobile insurance surcharge will provide $3.1 million for the Municipal Police Training Committee and $3.2 million to establish an annual state police class. •State trooper layoffs were avoided, and the state police are funded at $235 million (up one percent from fiscal year 2010). •Massachusetts will not be forced to close prisons in fiscal year 2011 (as other states have recently had to do). •Level-funds tuition and fee waivers and Welcome Home Bonuses for National Guard men and women at fiscal year 2010 estimated spending level of $4.7 million. •Most public safety agencies are level-funded from fiscal year 2010 estimated spending or experienced modest increases, including: ◦Sex Offender Registry Board ($3.8 million) ◦National Guard ($8.4 million) ◦Department of Fire Services ($14.4 million) ◦Parole Board ($18.6 million) ◦Merit Rating Board ($7.6 million) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]