SHERBURNE – The Sherburne Police Department recently received three grants that will allow them to purchase new equipment and become a safer and more efficient department.

“We need to give Senator Seward’s office a lot of credit for helping us to receive these grants,” said Village of Sherburne Mayor William Acee.

The three separate grants will allow for many improvements throughout the department. Thanks to one grant, police department will soon see a new computer system that will allow them to file tickets on-line with the New York State Department of Justice.

“It will make us paper-less as far as tickets are concerned by electronically submitting the information to the DOJ,” Acee said. The new computer equipment will mean less time is spent filling out and filing the paperwork that tickets create, freeing up officers’ time for other things.