Here's how North Texas will split up the $51 million FEMA security funds for the FIFA World Cup.
As signs of the FIFA World Cup start to take shape in North Texas , so too are the federal dollars that will help support securing the event. NBC 5 has learned that the more than $51 million from FEMA’s FIFA World Cup Grant Program will be divvied up between Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Frisco, Manfield, DFW Airport, Dallas County, SMU and DART.
"Money's not going to be the issue, and when I say not the issue, it's not going to be an issue for us keeping everyone safe in Dallas," Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said. Comeaux said Wednesday that DPD will see $22 million of those funds that will primarily go to personnel costs for salaries and overtime. DPD will also see an additional $10 million from another FEMA grant that will go toward drone mitigation technology, along with more than a million dollars in additional funding for equipment, including additional cameras, anti-ramming barricades, utility and leased vehicles.One of DPD’s biggest priorities will be securing the FIFA Fan Fest at Fair Park, which is expected to see up to 35,000 people a day. DPD says there are ongoing conversations about where they want to put up barricades and how best to manage pedestrian traffic. "We're trying to say, hey, where's the hole? How can we fill it? And then we're going to have these partnerships. You're going to have your private security, you're going to have your on-duty resources, you're going to have the FIFA staff, and so working together, we're going to have a safe event," Assistant Chief Teena Schultz with DPD said. Comeaux says DPD has met with Dallas restaurants and bars and sent team members to Mexico to witness what happens at soccer events. Across town, Arlington City Council approved more than $2 million Tuesday night to go to Radar Unmanned Aircraft Detection Software and expanding Arlington Police Department’s Drone as a First Responder program. "Behind the scenes, there's a whole lot going on; the team is really working every single day for the past two years, preparing for this," Comeaux said.
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