In the current appropriations budget, she is seeking over $1.4 million to upgrade the communications equipment of Spotswood and South River police and public safety departments.
Seek over $1.4 million to upgrade the communications equipment of Spotswood and South River police and public safety departments.
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Evidence
The congresswoman said that in the current appropriations budget she is seeking more than $1.4 million to upgrade communications equipment for the Spotswood and South River police and public safety departments.
The House CJS CPF table lists two Watson Coleman requests: South River Public Safety Radio Replacement Project at $453,600 and Spotswood Borough Police Department Communications System Modernization at $772,700.
Watson Coleman's official FY27 Community Project Funding page says she submitted requests to the House Appropriations Committee. It lists Spotswood Borough Police Department Communications System Modernization at $1,017,434 and South River Public Safety Radio Replacement Project at $453,648.
Watson Coleman's office stated that, in the current appropriations budget, she was seeking over $1.4 million to upgrade communications equipment for Spotswood and South River police and public safety departments.
Watson Coleman certified to House Appropriations leaders that she was requesting FY2027 funding for the South River Public Safety Radio Replacement Project for the Borough of South River, benefiting the police department, fire department, and Office of Emergency Management.
The House full committee mark for FY2027 CJS appropriations provides $386,213,200 for a law-enforcement technologies and equipment grant program, to be used for projects and amounts specified for DOJ COPS Tech in the Community Project Funding table accompanying the bill.
The House CJS Community Project Funding table lists DOJ COPS Tech projects for Borough of South River, South River Public Safety Radio Replacement Project, $453,600, and Borough of Spotswood, Spotswood Borough Police Department Communications System Modernization, $772,700, both requested by Watson Coleman.
The House Appropriations FY27 Bill Text and Reports page lists the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee materials as Filed Bill H.R. 8845, Filed Bill Report 119-652, Full Committee Mark, Bill Report, and Final CPF Table.
The House Appropriations FY2027 enacted legislation page says details on enacted FY2027 legislation will be forthcoming.
Assessments
The promise was framed as seeking more than $1.4 million, not guaranteeing final enacted funding. Watson Coleman's official FY27 Community Project Funding materials show she submitted the Spotswood communications modernization request for $1,017,434 and the South River public safety radio replacement request for $453,648, totaling $1,471,082. Later House committee materials advanced the projects at a lower combined amount and final enactment was not yet shown, but the promised act of seeking over $1.4 million was completed during her current House term.
Watson Coleman did materially pursue the promised local public-safety communications funding in the current federal appropriations cycle, and official appropriations materials list requests for both South River and Spotswood police communications projects. However, the documented House CPF amounts total about $1.226 million, below the promised 'over $1.4 million,' and the evidence shows the funding was still being sought rather than finally enacted. This supports partial credit in the same term with an effort badge, not full delivery.