County Board approves $639,000 sheriff's COPS technology grant

OMAHA - The Douglas County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 3 approved on its consent agenda a $639,000 U.S. Office of Justice Programs Community Oriented Policing Services Technology Grant for fiscal year 2026 for the Sheriff's Office, according to the board's Nov. 3 agenda and official meeting video.

On the agenda the grant was consent item A (section II.A), listed for William Rinn of the Sheriff's Office and carried forward as held over from the Oct. 27 meeting. At about 24:45, the chair called consent items A through I, held over item B and items BB 1 through 4, and took a motion on the remainder of the consent agenda. That motion passed 6-0, with Commissioner Cavanaugh absent, the meeting transcript shows.

Consent item B on the agenda is a set of Health Department requests. Those requests, and BB 1 through 4, were held over and were not part of the 6-0 consent vote.

Source: Douglas County Board of Commissioners agenda, Nov. 3, 2026; official meeting video, consent agenda about 24:45; Citizen Portal transcript, 24:45–25:36.

How we checked this: Reported from the Nov. 3 County Board agenda document and the official meeting video and transcript for the consent vote, opened Nov. 5, 2026, at about 8:00 a.m. CT, and checked against the record by our copy desk before publishing.