NYPD receives $180M grant to aid 'fight against terrorism'
Money will also be used to pay for anti-terror teams at airports, bus and train stations | 2 April 2015 |The NYPD will be getting a boost of federal funds to help combat terrorism, officials announced Wednesday. The city will receive $180 million as part of a nationwide grant program from the Department of Homeland Security that aims to better prepare local and state governments and law enforcement agencies in the event of a terrorist attack. The NYPD will be getting the lion's share of the cash, which will go toward surveillance and terror fighting equipment like cameras, bomb-sniffing dogs and communications infrastructure, according to DHS secretary Jeh Johnson.