Apache Junction Police Department personnel will soon be outfitted with special earbuds to protect their hearing when training at the gun range thanks to a more than $19,000 grant from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.
The Apache Junction City Council on Oct. 21 voted unanimously to approve a consent agenda with other items and an intergovernmental agreement with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community to accept grant funds in the amount of $19,638 for the Xcor hearing-protection equipment.
Proposition 202, passed with the 2002 gaming compact in Arizona, directs participating tribal governments to share 12% of their gaming revenues with surrounding local governments. Nonprofit organizations are eligible to compete with a local government agreeing to serve as a pass-through agent.
