HB 377 Summary

• Expands the village public safety officer (VPSO) program to allow grants to boroughs acting on behalf of villages or cities within boroughs, in addition to municipalities and established villages.

• Authorizes the Department of Public Safety to provide grants to nonprofit associations that administer VPSO programs for reward programs targeting violations of local alcohol options.

• Allows VPSO program funding to include gifts and donations from nonprofit regional corporations, municipalities, and other sources in addition to state appropriations.

• Clarifies that grant applicants may employ village public safety officers in participating villages or cities where a borough is acting on behalf of a city within the borough.

• Requires notification to village public safety officers when sex offenders or child kidnappers are released to rural communities or cities without municipal police departments or state trooper posts.