Lansford was awarded $27,000 in loan and $15,600 in grant funding that was funded under the Community Facilities program of the United States Department of Agriculture.

This Rural Development investment will be used to purchase a Dodge patrol vehicle.

The vehicle is needed because the borough’s law enforcement department only has three vehicles, which limits its ability to provide service to the community that has experienced a very high volume of arrests and warrants.

It will also allow the borough to have more officers to patrol at the same time.