THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, July 9, 1994 TAG: 9407090258
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
LENGTH: Short : 31 lines
Four Hampton Roads cities will receive $695,899 in state funds to boost their drug-enforcement efforts, according to the office of Gov. George F. Allen.
The money, generated from a $2 charge on court costs from convictions in criminal cases, went to Chesapeake, Newport News, Portsmouth and Suffolk. Here is how the money will be used:
Chesapeake - $146,753 to establish a major drug violator unit.
Newport News - $389,305 to continue an Anti-Crime Partnership program and to hire several new employees, including a neighborhood prevention specialist.
Portsmouth - $100,771 to hire a full-time assistant commonwealth's attorney, a full-time police officer and a secretary.
Suffolk - $59,070 to finance the work of an assistant commonwealth's attorney prosecuting violent and drug crimes.
The General Assembly enacted the Intensified Drug Enforcement Assistance Program and the $2 surcharge in 1990. The program annually raises about $2.3 million. by CNB