Westmoreland County secured $643,355 in federal funding for law enforcement technology upgrades, announced by District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli and Congressman Guy Reschenthaler. The funding will be used to purchase 26 license plate readers throughout the county, expand the digital forensic task force to include municipal officers, and upgrade digital forensic software. According to monvalleyindependent.com, the funding will also replace and upgrade computers used by prosecutors, investigators, and victim witness advocates, and install televisions in municipal buildings to display data from the Crime Watch website. Accounts differ on the total amount and source of funding: one report states Westmoreland County secured more than $1 million in American Rescue Plan funding for law enforcement technology and gear upgrades, while another confirms $643,355 in federal funding. It is unclear whether these refer to separate allocations or if one is included within the other. Additionally, according to triblive.com, South Greensburg received $83,290 in state grants for an armored police vehicle — the first of its kind in Westmoreland County — and North Belle Vernon’s police department received $90,000 in state grants for an electric vehicle. The state grants were funded by tax revenue from Pennsylvania’s legalized casino industry, specifically from Live Casino Pittsburgh.