Mayor Rickey Williams announced at the council meeting that the city has gotten final approval for a million dollar grant for law enforcement. He said the grant will pay for two squad cars already purchased and a variety of needed items.
The police sub-station will be a training facility.
The mayor said the grant is the work of the late Senator Scott Bennett who made sure Danville got the funding
He said current Senator Paul Faraci and his staff continued the funding fight and got a year extension for Danville on the grant.