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July 30, 2024

"Northwest Indiana is ready for liftoff," said U.S. Representative Frank Mrvan (D-Highland), during a press conference Friday announcing $963,000 in federal funding for the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana.

"It's ready, and it's starting to invest, not only in the students, but in STEM," Mrvan added. "And in this day and age, specifically today, with what we have going on, how important STEM is to the students who go through these doors."


July 30, 2024

Rep. Frank Mrvan recently announced that Madalyn Martin of Munster High School won this year’s Congressional Art Competition. 

Martin’s winning artwork, “Stan’s Bait & Tackle,” depicts Stan’s Bait and Tackle store in Hammond at nighttime.


July 30, 2024

Gary’s Chief of Police Derrick Cannon couldn’t give an exact number of license plate reading cameras he will purchase with $264,000 in federal funding, but he does know they will help his department improve surveillance and support officers in their day-to-day work.


July 30, 2024

On Monday, July 15, Congressman Frank Mrvan (IN-01) and Chief Derrick Cannon held a press conference at the Gary Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center to announce that GPD will receive $264,000 in Community Project Funding.

The funding will allow for the acquisition of stationery and mobile License Plate Reader (LPR) cameras. These LPR cameras will be used to continue the modernization of the Gary Police Department’s policing tactics and enhance public safety.


July 30, 2024

Gary, IND. – On Monday, July 15, in a press conference within the Gary Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center, Congressman Frank Mrvan (IN-01) and Chief Derrick Cannon announced GPD will receive $264,000 in Community Project Funding. The funding will allow for the acquisition of stationery and mobile License Plate Reader (LPR) cameras. These LPR cameras will be used to continue the modernization of the Gary Police Department’s policing tactics and enhance public safety.


July 23, 2024

The Gary Police Department received $264,000 in Community Project Funding secured by U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, to purchase more license plate reader technology.

Mrvan joined Gary Police Chief Derrick Cannon and Gary Chief of Staff Ellis Dumas Monday at the Gary Police Department Real Time Crime Center to announce the funding for the department.


July 23, 2024

The Gary Police Department announced on Monday a $264,000 federal investment in advanced license plate reading systems to enhance its crime-fighting technology. 

Funded through the Community Project Funding grant program and secured by U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-1st, Gary’s representative in the U.S. House, the investment will equip Gary’s police force with both stationary and mobile camera devices.


July 23, 2024

The Gary Police Department is preparing to expand its network of fixed and mobile license plate reader (LPR) cameras using $264,000 in federal funds earmarked for the project by U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland.

The Northwest Indiana congressman said Monday he was honored to support front-line police officers and their work to improve public safety in the Steel City during a tour of the Real Time Crime Center inside Gary's police headquarters building.


July 23, 2024

Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced Community Project Funding requests for Indiana’s First Congressional District for Fiscal Year 2025. These requests have been included in the House Appropriations Committee bills and must be approved by both the House and Senate prior to being signed into law.


July 23, 2024

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan announced 15 Community Project Funding requests he made for Indiana’s First Congressional District for fiscal year 2025.

The requests, which total approximately $11 million, have been included in the House Appropriations Committee bills and must be approved by Congress before being signed into law, according to a Tuesday release.