MONTGOMERY— The city of Clanton will purchase state-of-the-art digital forensics equipment for the police department with the help of $9,000 in grants awarded by Gov. Robert Bentley.
The police department will purchase hardware called Cellebrite that enables officers and investigators to examine and extract digital evidence from cell phones in criminal investigations. Police officials said the new equipment will hasten and simplify investigations because the department will no longer have to send cell phones to an offsite lab for examination.
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is administering the grants from funds made available by the U.S. Justice Department. ADECA administers an array of programs supporting law enforcement and traffic safety, economic development, energy conservation, water resource management and recreation development.
Bentley notified Mayor Billy Joe Driver that the grants had been approved.
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