Twenty-one Illinois law enforcement agencies will receive nearly $26 million in federal stimulus money to hire or rehire 106 police officers.
The money is part of $1 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds that will help pay the salaries and benefits of 4,699 police officers nationwide. Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday announced the money would be distributed among 1,046 agencies throughout the country.
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